School: Colehill (B.), Mullingar (roll number 14672)
- Location:
- Colehill, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 046
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- (continued from previous page)locality wearing suits of that cloth. Their names were Peter Carney and John Eivers.
The following are implements the tailor used at his work needles, thread, a string thread was used for the last sewing and it was called "housewife" thread. He also used a tape for measuring, a "goose" for pressing the clothes, a lapboard on which the clothes were left for pressing. Some tailors used a shears and others used a scissors.
- Collector
- Thomas Murphy
- Gender
- Male
