School: An Lios Rua, Cill Mháille (roll number 9339)

Location:
Lisroe, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Chonalláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0608, Page 215

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    clothes provided the material. The tailor never made clothes in his own house but went to each house as he was required and stayed there until the clothes were made.Very little cloth was bought in shops.Instead it was woven by the people themselves.
    Long ago the women made shirts and articles of clothing.Frieze, Bandle cloth ,Linen and Flannel were the materials they used. They also made stockings out of the thread they wove themselves.In ancient times there was a spinning wheel in every house for spinning wool into thread .The old people used to say that a tailor was only one ninth of a man .Most people nowadays buy the cloth in town and send it off to a city tailor to be made.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Pat Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Address
    Kilcolumb, Co. Clare