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School: Drumconrath (B.) (roll number 16143)

Location:
Drumcondra, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Patrick Cassidy
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  1. Clothes Made Locally

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    There are no tailors in the district now but there were some in the district in former times.The tailors used to work in the homes and others used to travel from house to house.some of the tailors used to stock cloth but there is no cloth spun in the district.
    Shirts are sometimes made in the homes of various types of cloth.Stockings are knitted locally but the thread is not spun in the homes.
    There is one disused spinning wheel in the district. There was no special type of cloth worn on certain occasions.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonbartan, Co. Meath