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School: Áthán (B.), Lios na Groighe (roll number 14173)

Location:
Ahane, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Seán Ó Héalaithe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0523, Page 478

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    1 There were two tailors in this district. Henry Cummins and Martin Joyce were their names. The people took the cloth to them and they would make the clothes at home.
    2 Long ago they used to travel from house to house. If there were any cloth left the tailor would keep it.
    3 There is no cloth woven in this district. The tools a tailor uses are a machine, thimble, scissors, needle and thread.
    4 Some people make shirts and sheets and there were a lot of them made in this district long ago.
    5 They used to grow flax themselves and make shirts and sheets.
    6 I have a sheet at home and it was made from flax and the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tim Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ahane, Co. Limerick