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School: Rathdowney (B.) (roll number 15595)

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Rathdowney, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Peter Hegarty
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0827, Page 361

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    There are two tailors in Rathdowney one in the wast end and another in the south. A tailor's implements are, a needle, and iron, an iron,a sewing machine, a scissors, a measuring tape, and an ironing board. Long ago the tailors used to travel from house to house instead of making clothes in their own houses.
    Long ago the people used to grow fox around hear and my father told me that his grandfather grew some of it.Then they would make linen out of it and make shirts and table clothes and other things out of the linen.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Smeaton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathdowney, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mr Dan Delaney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    88
    Address
    Rathdowney, Co. Laois