School: Fothanach (roll number 7980)
- Location:
- Fohanagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Conghaile
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- XML “Clothes Made Locally”
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- 1. All the clothes worn in the district in former times were made locally. The wool was spun into thread in the houses. Half- of the wool was dyed black with logwood. The thread was then made into a thick material called friege. There was one tailor in the district.His name was Kelley and he made the friege into clothing. The tailor worked in his own house. There was a spinning wheel in every house in the district.
Written by Patrick Sweeney , Fohenagh.
Told by his father Patrick Sweeney
2. There is a tailor in Gerafine. His name is Malachy Relly. He does not do any work now. Long ago his father used go round from house to house making clothes. He used , eat and sleep in the house until he had finished his work. He did not stick cloth. The people themselves used spin the wool and a maned names Mick Mollay of Fehena used weave it. He used mix black thread with white to make Friege.
Written by Bridie Sweeney
Told her Father(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bridie Sweeney
- Gender
- Female
- Collector
- Kathleen Naughton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doon Lower, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Patrick Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fohanagh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Patrick Sweeney
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fohanagh, Co. Galway