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School: Loch gCarman (Christian Bros.)

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Wexford, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Br. Ó Héilighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0881, Page 051

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    rubbed some shiny stuff over them and turned the band on them. They were then "new" for another year. There was a cap-maker who made those lovely white frills that the old women wore round their heads and tied under their chins with nice bows of ribbon. They also wore a spotless check or gingham apron, and a nice home-spun lincey skirt with three or four rows of braid round the tail. They were fit to grace a palace.
    The old men wore their white flannell jackets knotted in front, when working, and a corduroy trousers. They wore straw hats in Summer and a soft felt caubeen [in Winter] or Jem Browne as they were in later years called
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Kearns
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Martinstown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mary Power
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Martinstown, Co. Wexford