School: Kilgobnet
- Location:
- Kilgobnet, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Cinneide; Ellen Foley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0471, Page 364
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- There is only one tailor in the parish of Tuagh. His name is Ger Falvey and he always works at home. He used to go from house to house long ago where he used to make suits by the light of bogdeal splinters but he makes them at home now.
It isn't a usual thing for the tailors to supply cloth. The person that puts the suit making that buys the cloth in the shop.
It is always shop cloth that is used nowadays but long ago it was cloth that was made at home that was used.
Suits made of cloth that was made in the district is never worn nowadays.
The tailors implements are
a goose
lap board
chalk
measuring tape
scissors
thimble(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Cahill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shanacloon, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mrs James Cahill
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shanacloon, Co. Kerry
