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School: An Currach Mór (roll number 7707)

Location:
Curragh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Hubáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 391

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    My father told me; that some years ago the tailors used go from house to house making people's clothes. The tools the tailor use are, a tape and rule for measuring, a scissors for cutting the cloth, a machine for sewing it and an iron for pressing and also a needle and thimble.
    Those journeymen never contented themselves. They wandered from place to place. There is an old saying that when St. Patrick was preaching the faith in Ireland
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrooghs, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Martin Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrooghs, Co. Galway