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School: Freshford (C.) (roll number 797)

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Freshford, Co. Kilkenny
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Síle Ní Mheachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 370

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  1. Local Tailors

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    There are three tailors in Freshford, Their names are Mr. Dowling, Mr. White, and Mr. Ryan. These men work in their own homes and the people who want clothes made, bring the cloth to them. The tailor has many implements such as a sewing machine, a wide leaf table, a board for ironing on, an iron, a thimble, needles, thread and buttons. He uses a thimble without any bottom on it.
    Thread is not spun in the district but the people buy the thread and the cloth. An old saying about tailors is "The devil ran away with the little tailor, with the lap board under one arm".
    Stockings were knitted by a spinning wheel long ago but now they are hand-knitted. There is one spinning wheel in the district. The woman that owns it lives in Balleen and her name is Mrs. Fogarty.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Hogan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Freshford, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Patrick Whitehead
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    84
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Freshford, Co. Kilkenny