School: Coralstown (roll number 1314)
- Location:
- Correllstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Beóláin
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- Collector
- Patrick Dunne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Hightown or Balloughter, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Michael Dunne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Hightown or Balloughter, Co. Westmeath
- About one hundred years ago the tailors used to go from town to town to make clothes for the people. They also came out to the farmers' houses. The person for whom the clothes would be made would get the material. Then the tailor would come and make the clothes. Sometimes he would make them for all the people of the house. The breeches was usually made of corduroy. The coat usually ( being a swallow-tail was made of frieze. The(continues on next page)