School: An Clochar, Cara Droma Ruisc

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Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
An tSr. Emerentia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0209, Page 522

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    a white or check apron. Thee old women wore white caps with a starched frilled border and tied with tapes under the chin.
    Patrick Duggan of Lisagarney Jamestown was a famous tailor who made clothes for the land-lords, as well as for the people generally. He is long since dead but the ruins of his house are still to be seen. Machines were not in use in his time.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Noone
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corbally, Co. Leitrim