School: Castlegrove (roll number 15475)
- Location:
- Castlegrove East, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Liam Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0040, Page 0044
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- (continued from previous page)ment made, and then taken to him. The tailor is supposed to have derived his name from a crass man in that trade years ago. He used to beat his wife whenever he was in a temper, which was very often. She became used to the beating at length and would just say after every blow [unreadable] meaning in other words I have received sufficient beating now. A neighbour heard her and christened the husband tailor.
The implements the tailor uses are a machine for sewing, a needle and thread, a scissors, chalk, thimble and smoothing iron and a tape. House wifes make shirts yet in their home from shop cloth. Socks are knitted here from thread spun in the district by some people and made in Foxford also. There are a few houses round here in which there are spinning wheels. There are no special clothings worn from weddings or funerals, except that special colours are adopted.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Mooney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilconly, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Thomas Mooney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilconly, Co. Galway
