School: Garrán (B.) (roll number 11274)
- Location:
- Garrane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Conchobhar Ó Drisceoil
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- The tailor that lived in Caheragh was Jermiah Neill. He made suits and cloaks and costumes. He was living in a cottage. He went around from house to house. He carried a sewing machine around in a donkey car. He used make a suit in two days.
All the people grew flax long ago When it was ripe they pulled it and made sheaves of it. They put it into a pond for three weeks And then they took it out and dried it and bleached it. When it was dry they brought it in and pounded it. They had a big flax stone and they put the flax down on it and they pounded it with a hackle every night When they had it pounded they made it like thread. And they spun it with a spinning wheel. They carried it to the weaver
- Collector
- James Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glanaphuca, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr James Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Glanaphuca, Co. Cork
