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School: Castletowngeoghegan (C.) (roll number 2093)

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Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
C. Ní Chonaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 502

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    many coat hangers, soap for pressing seams, and wax to keep the button-hole twist from twittering.
    Long ago the people in this district used to sow a lot of flax. When it grew up they pulled it and spread it out to bleach. Then they wove it and made shirts with it, but they were very coarse. Flax is not grown in this district now.
    At a funeral, the nearest friends of the deceased person wear black clothes as a sign of mourning. Children wear green frocks on Saint Patrick's Day. Stockings, socks and other things are knitted locally.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    17
    Address
    Ballynacoska, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    James Rabbitt
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Keelbeg, Co. Westmeath