School: Naomh Seosamh (Buachaillí)

Location:
Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Deagha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0017, Page 458

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  1. There are four tailors in this parish. They work at home
    The tailors around here do not have cloth for sale in their own house.Cloth bought in shops the people round here wear.
    The people wear tweeds and serge. The implements with which the tailor works are a measure, a thimble, a needle, chalk, sewing machine, a pressing iron, scissors, and a lap-board.
    There are no shirts made in our house.
    Cotton is the material used in our place.
    There used to be shirts made of linen woven in this district worn around here long ago.
    Stocking are made in this district by thread spun at home.
    There is a spinning wheel in nearly every house in this district.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Giblin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Eskeromullacaun, Co. Galway