School: Laragh (B.)
- Location:
- Leathráth, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: P. Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0981, Page 157
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- Tally iron used during time old white cap or bonnet was worn by old women. The frill or border was in a honeycomb form & after washing & drying the cap was starched and the border ironed with aid of tally iron. The poker was reddened in the fire & thread into the iron. The ironer placed each frill of the cap on the iron & pressed.
James Brady of Cordiggan gave me a tallyiron & I give you a rough sketch of same with one which I saw in use in my younger days.
Use of cap ceased about 1903.Tallyiron. Tallyiron used
Jas Brady. in my early days.
