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School: Mohill (B.) (roll number 12415)

Location:
Mohill, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Francis Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0215, Page 022

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    Clothes made locally.
    There are three tailors in Mohill and they all stock patterns, but only one of them stocks cloth.
    The people long ago wore cloth made in the home, but nowadays the cloth is made in factories.
    A tailor uses:- tape for measuring the cloth. thimble for guarding his finger when he is sewing. He uses pins for keeping the cloth together when he is sewing, he has needles for sewing the cloth before he sews it with the machine and he has chalk for marking the cloth. Shirts are made in the homes and the cloth for making them is got in the shops, but long ago they were
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Leo Kenny
    Gender
    Male