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School: Kilmeedy (B.) (roll number 7161)

Location:
Kilmeedy, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
John O'Grady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0496, Page 258

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    Composition 16th 12th 1938
    There are two taliors and a dressmaker in my district.
    Both taliors generally work in there own homes but when necessary they travel from house to house.
    When he is making a suit for anyone, they bring him the material, and he makes the suit for them.
    Tweed and serge are the principal cloth that are worn.
    The principal implement used by the talior is the sewing machine, the needles the thread and the scissors
    The taliors iron is supposed to be bigger than any other ordinary iron.
    Shirts are things that are made in almost ? every house. Woolen cotton and flammette are the chief cloths from which shirts are made, but long ago they made from flax.
    Socks and stockings are knit in almost every house.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Fitzgibbon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmeedy, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Pat Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    71