School: Cloncarneel

Location:
Cloncarneel, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhreacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0695, Page 264

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  1. There is only one tailor in my district. His name is Mr. Whitty. He lives in Ballivor. He makes suits of clothes for anyone that leaves their measurement with him. He doe not go around making clothes as the people did long ago. He make clothes of serge and tweed. If a person leaves his measurement with the tailor he will buy the cloth and make the clothes. When a person is getting clothes they have to pay the tailor for making the suit. A tailor has a lot of patterns and when you want a suit you can chose with-ever pattern you like. A tailor's tools are a needle a thimble and somethimes a sewing machine. Long ago some people made their own clothes.
    Sometimes people make stockings. When a tailor has a suit made he iorns it with a smoothing iorn. When a person dies his relatives wear black clothes.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Mc Garry
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloncarneel, Co. Meath