School: Coratillon
- Location:
- Corratillan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Michael O' Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0966, Page 314
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- There is one tailor in this district at present. Tailors in this locality work in their own homes, and do not travel from house to house. Some tailors stock cloth, but most of them get the cloth from the person who wants them to make the clothes. Cloth is not spun or woven in this district now, but it was in former times.The implements a tailor uses are: a tape, goose, square, smoothing iron, thimble, and needle. Shirts are made at home from ordinary cloth.About thirty years ago, shirts, towels and sheets were made in this parish, from flax which was grown locally.
Some of this articles are in the homes of the people still.About sixty years ago, freize coats were made from wool of sheep in this parish and there is one such coat(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Róisín Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Muineal, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr Michael Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Muineal, Co. Cavan
