School: Teamhair, Áth Treasa
- Location:
- Taur, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dd. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0352, Page 005
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- There is but one dress maker in the district whose name is Mrs. Curtin. She does not travel from house to house as was done in olden days, she works in her home now. She does not stock cloth.
There is not any saying or tradition connected with tailors or tailoring.
The implements used are a scissors machine, a needle which is a pointed bone, is called a goose, for pulling the basting stitches, an iron, a pressing board, and a tape,
Shirts are made in the homes.
The cloth used is flannelette and linen plaid, the elder men wear a kind of flannel called army shirting. There is not any account of shirts made from flax grown locally. Black clothes are worn at the death of a relative(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary B. Reidy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Pleasure Hill, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Reidy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Pleasure Hill, Co. Cork
