School: Ceann Tuirc (roll number 9317)
- Location:
- Kinturk, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Lochlainn
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tailors to make clothes,because most of the people were able to make them themselves .The tailor's iron was called the tailor's "goose".
There is a weaver in Inagh and he weaves the wool for the people of the District long ago.Lillis was his name .There was a weaver in this district long ago .Carney was his name .They called a yard of wool a "plake".
There were a lot of good knitters in the District.Some of the women knitted a pair of stockings in one night.Mrs. Mungovan was a very good knitter .She lived in Kanturk years ago.Some men made vests out of the hair of a greyhound.
- Collector
- Mary Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kinturk, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mr Pat Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Kinturk, Co. Clare
