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School: Baile na Mín (roll number 14925)

Location:
Ballinameen, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0238, Page 455

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    Clothes Made Locally
    There are tailors in the district. In years gone by they used to travel from house to house to make clothes. They work at their homes now. Some of the tailors sell cloth and they are called merchant tailors. The types of cloth used are tweed and serge. The tailors implements are the sewing machine, needle, thimble, cupboard and a heavy iron. Most of the socks are knitted locally. After the death of a relative the people concerned wear black clothes for a term of six months.
    Written by
    Kathleen Jansey
    Sheeane,
    Ballinameen
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Tansey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Sheeane, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs F. Greene
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinameen, Co. Roscommon