School: Doire na Groighe (C.), An Bhán-tír (roll number 7451)
- Location:
- Dernagree, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Mhurchadha
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- (continued from previous page)implements a tailor used at his work are a sewing machine one large scissors and smaller ones, lapboard, needles, chalk, pressing irons and a measuring tape. A great many shirts are homemade nowadays especially the shirts worn for working every day. The material used is usually flannelette because flax is not grown in this district nowadays. All the socks and stockings are knitted at home. There are no spinning wheels in this district nowadays.
Black clothes are worn on certain occasions for instance in mourning for the death of a relative or for anybody in the house or on the death of a neighbour. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Informant
- Mr Peter Murphy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 60
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Island-dahill, Co. Cork