School: Moynalty (B.)
- Location:
- Moynalty, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Uillford Ó Maoilmhichil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0705, Page 400
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- There is only one tailor in Moynalty district now and he does very little at his trade. Any work done by him is done in his own home. Formerly tailors travelled from house to house as required. The people usually spun and wove their own cloth and then called in a tailor who often stayed in the house for the month, until he had clothes made for the whole family. There is no cloth spun or woven in this district now but a good deal of this work was done formerly.
Of course, local people wear some of this kind of cloth still for Overcoats. It is called Homespun and is usually got from Donegal or Connemara. The tailor's gear consists of a measuring tape, a scissors for cutting out, a "tailor's goose" or smoothing iron, a needle sewing machine, and a thimble - a tailor's thimble has no bottom.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick O Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Moynalty, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs O Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moynalty, Co. Meath
