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School: Creach na mBearna

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Greaghnafarna, Co. Roscommon
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Tomás Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0230, Page 088

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    Dress in this district of Arigna has seen many changes. Fifty years ago men of the farming class usually wore a heavy freeze coat and a trousers made of corduroy. When working they wore a"sleeved" waist coat. This a warm garment made of home spun wollen material. and as the name empties it had long sleeves of the same material but of a different colour. the body of this garment was white the sleeves brown. I remember one old man who used to dress in a tailed coat tight knee breeches with six smooth buttons at the knee, long grey stockings and shoes with very large bright buckles on the toes. I don't know the name of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary A. Mc Manus
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rover Lower, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Christie
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Arigna, Co. Roscommon