School: Crecora, Tobar Pádraig (roll number 9668)
- Location:
- Crecora, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0525, Page 182
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- About 70 years ago it was usual for tailors to go from house to house. They used come to farmer's houses and spend a week or more at each place according to the amount of clothes to be made. Two of the tailors in this locality were, Burns who lived at Kilpeacon, and Madigan at Fitzgerald's shop.A spinner lived at Ballyregan in the Fort field about 50 years ago and in the same townland there were also weavers named Moroneys. A member of the Moroney family still resides at Ballyregan.The farmers used to shear the sheep and having combed and cleaned the wool, they used to send it to the spinners where was spun into thread. This process being over the thread used to be sent to the weavers where it was woven and made into frieze. Then it was ready for the tailors to make clothes from it.Tradition states that an old tailor was seated on his table(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Máirtín Ó hAinnín
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Newtown, Co. Limerick
