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    Friexe coats made from wool, and corduroy trousers, with yellow buttons up the sides, flannel waistcoats with black fronts and cuffs to them. Long stockings made from wool, elastic shoes and two peaked caps. That is what the men wore.
    Hooped petticoats, flannel gowns, with folds of velvet at the end. Dressed
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Kirby
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    72