School: Eachroim (roll number 14684)
- Location:
- Aughrim, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máiréad, Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0249, Page 229
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- There is one tailor in my district at present. He works in his own home in Lisadurn. He does not travel from house to house as his services are required. On the contrary he remains at home. He does not stock cloth but the customers bring him cloth to make the required articles.
This cloth is not woven but it is usually bought in the nearest towns or in Foxford woollen mill. The implements used by a tailor at his work are a tape, a scissors and a thimble which has no bottom and a machine. He sits on the table while at work. Long ago shirts were made from linen which was manufactured from the flax grown locally.
Socks and stockings are knitted locally and thread is spun in some of the homes. There are three spinning - wheels in the district.
The clothes half- a century ago were bbetter and cheaper than the clothes made now. Men's clothes were made of Frieze which was a very good material. It was manufactured locally from wool.
The coat was swallow-tailed and was so low that it often served for an overcoat. The trousers(continues on next page)
