School: Kilglass (roll number 15571)
- Location:
- Kilglass, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0164, Page 202
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- (continued from previous page)imminent, he swallowed a lot of small stones to act as ballast, so that he would not be tossed about by the movement of the ocean.
By M. Clarke N.T Kilglass, Co. Sligo.
- For about 50 years back, the people come to the 'say', with the drugget skirts and the band of black velvet about 3 inches wide and placed about 2 inches above the hem, the bottom of the skirt bound with braid, A very heavy tan-coloured shawl, and a little head-shawl to match, a white muslin cap, seldom seen now, with the goffered frills around the face, the hair very smoothly parted in the middle, a little ripple, natural of course, down by the temples, and the hair twisted like a little rope round the ears, the two white strings of the cap, edged around the ends with fine Valencienne lace, and tied into a becoming bow under the chin.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- M. Clarke
- Gender
- Female
