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School: Naomh Seosamh (Buachaillí)

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Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Deagha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0017, Page 454

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  1. Tailors

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    There are four tailors in this parish.
    They work at home and they do not go from house to house according as they get work.
    The tailors around here do not have cloth for sale: the cloth is bought in the shops.
    The people mostly wear tweed or or serge.
    My people do not know of any proverbs about tailors.
    Here are some of the implements used by a tailor:- iron, needles, sewing machine, scissors, thimble and lapboard.
    Shirts are not made in our houses at home.
    There used no be shirts made of linen woven in the district worn by people long ago.
    Woollen stockings are made in this district but linen stockings are not made.
    The thread is bought in the shops.
    There are two spinning wheels in
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    2. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Oliver Bruen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
    Informant
    T. Raftery
    Address
    Glennamaddy, Co. Galway