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School: Beglieve

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1016, Page 079

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    The tailors of long ago used to make the clothes in the people's houses. When they had to make a suit of clothes for anyone they went to the person's house and stayed till they had the clothes made. They charged six shillings for making a suit.
    The tailors brought a goose and a lap-board.
    The goose was the name of the iron for pressing the clothes and the lap-board was a board for spreading the cloths upon.
    The dress-makers were called manti-makers long ago.
    Charles Lynch of Seeorum, Beglieve, Bailieboro, Co Cavan was a weaver and Thomas Monagham of Threecaragh, Bailieboro, Co Cavan was another. The latter was
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Seeoran, Co. Cavan