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School: Ballyragget Convent

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0868, Page 033

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  1. Clothes Made Locally

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    There is only one tailor in our district. He works at his home and stocks the cloth for clothes. Cloth is not spun and woven locally.
    The implements that he uses are machine, lap-board, scissors, timble without any bottom, need and iron. At present shirts are not made in the homes. Flax was grown formerly and linen was woven and shirts made in the homes.
    Socks and stockings are knitted locally but thread is not spun in the homes. There are now no spinning wheels in the district.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maisie Baird
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Dunne
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    65
    Address
    Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny

  2. Clothes Made Locally

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    There is one tailor in our district, he works in his own home. He does not stock cloth but he keeps patterns of material and anyone that wants cloth he gets it for them.
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