School: Ceann Tuirc (B.) (roll number 14052)
- Location:
- Kanturk, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Liam Ó Caoimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0354, Page 065
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There are four tailors in Kanturk. They work in their own homes; all except one who has a special house of his own. The tailor does not stock the cloth. The people buy it themselves. Cloth is not spun or woven locally. The cloth they use is bought in the shops.
The tailor uses as implements a "goose", a needle and thread, a sowing machine, and a shears. Shirts are made locally in the homes by the mothers. Linen is the type of cloth used.
There are no accounts of cloth made from flax in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Barry
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kanturk, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Martin Barry
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kanturk, Co. Cork
