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School: An Baile Mór (roll number 11193)

Location:
Ballymore Lower, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
D. E. Tate
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 278

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  2. A Travelling Tailor

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    Long ago some man went around tailoring the clothes for the people. The people kept them, fed them and gave them a bed. The people supplied the cloth or tweed and they made them for everyone in the house. They came every month or every three months. They charged the people a little for making the clothes. They often sang songs or told stories in the night. It was in the winter they came
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pearl Stewart
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Stewart
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Faugher, Co. Donegal