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School: Ballyloghane, Caisleán Nua Thiar (roll number 8783)

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Ballinloughane, Co. Limerick
Teachers:
S. Condún Úna Nic Ádhaimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0487, Page 330

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  2. Clothes Made Locally

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    There is no tailor in my district now but there is one in Carrickerry, whose name is Griffin. There are lots of tailors in Newcastle West also. They all work in their homes, but long ago some tailors used go round from house to house working. The cloth they work on is not spun or woven locally.
    All the clothes which the local people wear are all made by the local tailors. A tailor when working needs a lot of implements. First of all, he must have cloth, he must have a needle and thread, a thimble, a stool, chalk, a scissors and a thing for marking out button holes, which is called a nippers.
    There are a lot of traditions and sayings connected with tailors and tailoring. This is an old saying, it took sixteen tailors
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mortimer Ahern
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rooskagh West, Co. Limerick