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School: Loughshinny (roll number 8434)

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Loughshinny, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
James Monks
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0786, Page 124

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  1. Proverbs (continued)

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    Never put of till tomorrow what you can do today.
    There are good goods in small parcels.
    Its along road that has no turning.
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  2. Clothes

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    There are two tailors in Skerries. Their names are Tailor" Hand and Tailor" Boylan. Tailor Hand has a special room for making clothes in his own house. He stocks all kinds of cloth. Cloth is not spun or woven locally.
    Tailor Hand makes coats for the Skerry Convent boarders and school children. Some people bring their own material, and some choose the cloth from the tailors stock.
    The tailor uses a needle with no eye in it, a timble with no bottom in it, and an iron with no bottom in it. When he is sewing by hand he sits with his legs crossed on the table. He does most of his sowing with a machine. He has a very large scissors.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Coleman
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Curkeen Hill, Co. Dublin