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School: Saints Peter & Paul, Balbriggan

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Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
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Bean Uí Chorcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0783, Page 487

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    487
    Long ago the people did not believe in buying stockings or socks. The women knitted them for every member of the family. There are not many spinning wheels in the district at present, But if you travelled through the country you might catch a glimpse of one or two, thrown in some old shed to go rotten and rusty. If your machine was dirty long ago it was considered an old one.
    Mabel Purfield
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mabel Purfield
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Hagan
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonard, Co. Dublin