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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 279

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    We buy our cloth to make our clothes and we get them made with a tailor. The tailor we get our clothes made with lives in Woodhill, Ballymore. He gets his cloth from Convoy in county Donegal. He makes the clothes at home. He has cloth at home in his house. Our tailor has a special room for working in. The Tailors long ago used to go around the houses to see if the people wanted any clothes made. If they wanted a coat or a suit
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Jacob
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Jacob
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonmass, Co. Donegal