School: Ballyfeeny (roll number 9468)
- Location:
- Cill Ghlais, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Mhurthuile
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- Clothes made Locally
There are two tailors and two dressmakers in this district. They are - two Leavies and a Miss Dockery and a Miss Duffy.
The Leavies tailor for both men and women but they do not stock the cloth Their plinched tools are - a scissors, a thimble, reels of thread, an iron, and a pressing board. They always sit on a low table with their legs crossed when sewing and people often refer to them as - 'as cross legged as a tailor' or 'as bandy legged as a tailor' or "A tailor is the ninth part of a man."
Socks and stockings, and gloves, caps cardigans jumpers and children's suits are knit in the houses on long Winter nights.
No clothes are spun and made locally but we had a knitting and spinning class in the school last year given by a Miss Degnan, trying to revive these things.
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- Collector
- Maureen Morley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile Uí Fhíne, Co. Ros Comáin
- Informant
- Mr Morley
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Uí Fhíne, Co. Ros Comáin
- Informant
- Mrs Morley
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile Uí Fhíne, Co. Ros Comáin
