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School: Lurga (roll number 12574)

Location:
Lurga, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraig Ó Fogartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0047, Page 0361

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    Home Made Clothes
    In this district the people do not make their own clothes. It is the local tailor or dressmaker that makes the clothes for them. The men usually get their clothes made by the tailor and the women get them made by the dressmaker. Long ago all the people used to make their own clothes themselves. They spun their own thread they dryed of it. Now-a-days the people do not weave the thread as they used long ago. They bury the thread and then they knit their own clothes.
    There are only two tailors in this district Their names are Patrick
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Willie Fogarty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tubber, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Pat Hasset
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    39
    Address
    Tubber, Co. Galway