School: Mount Talbot (roll number 14056)
- Location:
- Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M. Ó Héimhthigh
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- There is only one tailor in this district. He works in his own home. Machine woven tweed is the cloth most generally used. Some people wear hand-woven tweed. This tweed is dearer than the machine-woven tweed, but it lasts longer.
The tailor uses a big, strong foot-machine, a strong scissors, an iron, an ironing board, a thimble, a strong needle, and strong thread. There is no bottom on the thimble he uses.
Shirts are made in the homes. They are made out of flannelette shirting, poplin, louvisca [?], trickaleen [?], wineyette, flannel, prints, cotton and spun silk. In some homes they are made out of linen. Socks and stockings are knitted locally.
Black clothes are worn at the death of a relative and at the funeral. White clothes are worn by a bride at a wedding.
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Fhineachtaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- A. Finerty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon
