School: Kilmuckridge
- Location:
- Cill Mhucraise, Co. Loch Garman
- Teacher: L. Mac Donnell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0887, Page 104
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- (continued from previous page)important Craft in this area.
The hats here made, went far afield, and Litter head gear was a sort of Parisian luxury in these days. They were made of Straw, neatly plaited together - the plaits were then dyed + brought to the "shaper" to form the hat.
The strips of Plaits were usually of 2 colours - Black + white or Black + yellow.
My narrator of this craft informs me that a great grandfather of a young man (Patrick Carty of Tinteskin) used do the straw collecting + plaiting, and the dyeing, and then pass in the strips to a Mrs Murphy who lived at Litter, near the Church, who used(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Carberry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Leitir Beag, Co. Loch Garman
