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School: Castletowngeoghegan (B.) (roll number 2092)

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Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Ó Conaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 344

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    Clothes made locally.
    keeping the seams down and was to keep the button hole twist from twittering. Some people knit stockings and make shirts in their spare time. The Clarkes were a great family who lived in Castletown. They spun the flax and made the clothes themselves. There are five spinning wheels in this district. Mrs Neill, Mrs. Carey, Mrs. Manny, Mrs Kelly and Mrs Fox have each one. Mrs Kelly has a knitting machine in which she knits socks and stockings. My mother makes shirts and knits stockings in her spare time.
    J Rabbitt,
    Author: James Rabbitt
    Keel,
    Castletown Geo.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    J. Rabbitt
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    James Rabbitt
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Keelbeg, Co. Westmeath