School: Fothar (roll number 16903)
- Location:
- Faugher, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 84
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- (continued from previous page)They always keep a supply of material in their houses incase some person would come to buy cloth, they also keep what is called books of patterns with little little pieces of material in them. Some people from (people) around this place wear homespun suits. They first clip their sheep and "card" their wool and then spin it and send it to the weaver until it is manufactured into homespun. Then they send it to the tailor and get made whatever garment is wanted.
Stockings and men's socks are knit by nearly all the women of this place. They buy the wool in the shops in which they knit with. There are also plenty(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Doreen Holman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Parkmore, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- M. A. Mc Garvey
- Gender
- Unknown
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Parkmore, Co. Donegal
