School: Ballycastle Boys' (roll number 14290)
- Location:
- Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mícheál de Búrca
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- (continued from previous page)woolen wheel.
- There are two or three tailors in this district. Most of those tailors work in their homes. All the tailors stock cloth. Cloth is spun and woven locally. Some people wear suits made of this cloth. This cloth is very warm besides any other cloth. Suits are of different colours.
Every tailor has a scissors a sewing machine a tape and a needle.
Shirts are made in the homes also. White linen is used when making these shirts.
Long ago shirts were made from the flax(continues on next page)- Collector
- Paddy Corcoran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killeena, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Corcoran
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 43
- Address
- Killeena, Co. Mayo