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School: Drumlish (C.) (roll number 10023)

Location:
Drumlish, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Brigid Lacy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 020

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    There is one local tailor in this district, named Eugene Lennon. He usually employs two or three journeymen tailors who do not remain long with any employer. He supplies clothing material, or makes up customers own material which they buy in shops. There is no cloth woven or spun locally. Tailors do not now work at customers houses as they used to do fifty or sixty years ago. He does most of his work with a sewing machine. But he also uses a needle and thimble for sewing, a tape for measuring and a scissors for cutting out. The lap board and flat-iron or "goose" are used for pressing the clothes
    Told by James Kane, Monaduff
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Rose Rogers
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumlish, Co. Longford
    Informant
    James Kane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Monaduff, Co. Longford