School: Wolfhill (roll number 3457)
- Location:
- Wolfhill, Co. Laois
- Teacher: P. Ó Dubhlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 322
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- Two tailors work in Wolfhill.
One tailor whose name is Martin Bracken, resides in Wolfhill.
The other tailor whose name is John Lennon is a native of County Kilkenny and he comes to Wolfhill to work at certain periods of the year. He sometimes works with Martin Bracken. He does not supply his customers with suiting. The instruments the tailors work with are a tailor's thimble and a tailor's needle. This needle has a brass eye. The thimbles these tailors use have no tops on them.
Jack Lennon takes his tools with him when he travels.
No flax is grown in the Wolfhill district in late years.
In olden days flax was grown in this district.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Leech
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Wolfhill, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Michael Leech
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Wolfhill, Co. Laois
