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School: Killasnett (roll number 9533)

Location:
Curraghfore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Eoghan Mac Oirealla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0192, Page 133

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  1. Clothes Made Locally

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    There are five tailors in the parish They work at home and they do not go to,[?] from house to house. The tailors stock tweed. The implements the tailors uses are thimbles, needles scisors measuring tape chalk for marking and a sewing machine Shirts are made at home The kind of cloth used is flannelette tweed and cotton. Socks and stocking are knitted locally.
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