School: Lenamore, Rathowen (roll number 5115)
- Location:
- Lenamore, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Brian Mac Tomas
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0769, Page 174
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- The people in this district for the most part wear the same kind of dress.
The women wear skirts made of tweed and woollen jumpers. Some of the women wear frocks made of either serge, tweed or silk. These are the women's clothing for Winter. For out-door use in the Winter women wear coats made of tweed or nap. In Winter men wear suits of tweed and tweed over coats. In Summer women wear light silk frocks, but men wear the same as in Winter but don't wear overcoats. When women are going to Mass or on any outdoor business they wear tweed coats but these are not worn indoor. All the clothing for both young(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Kelly
- Gender
- Female
