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School: Keelogues (roll number 13183)

Location:
Keeloges New, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0121, Page 72

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    in other places where better trade is done they have the cloth in the clothshed. The material in the men's suits now is foreign, but long ago they were made of homespuns.
    Shirts are made in my home. My mother buys the material in a drapers shop. This cloth is called shirting. Most of the stockings are knitted here at home and sometimes the thread is spun and stockings are made out of it. There's a spinning wheel in my home. It is a small woollen wheel and yet it can spin as good as a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Athy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Keeloges New, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Athy
    Gender
    Male