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School: St. Anne's (B.)

Location:
Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Mac an t Saoir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1012, Page 193

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  1. Clothes Made Locally

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    There are four tailors in my district namely Tom and Frank Rogers, Stanty Lynch and Mick Sullivan. These men do all their work at home, and none of them stock any cloth.
    No shirts or stockings are made in the homes and none of them spin their own thread nor have their own spining wheel.
    No special clothes are worn on any occasion except black at a wake and swallow tailed coats at weddings.
    the impliment used by these tailors are a scissors, a thimble a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Andy Mooney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan