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Virginia, Co. Cavan
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Mrs B. Farrelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 532

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    being a shoemaker.
    Long ago cloth used to be spun in this district but it is never spun now except in the south of Ireland.
    There used to live an old man known as the "spinner" in Cloughergoole, and he used to spin cloth.
    Shirts are made in some homes and socks and stockings are also knitted.
    A lame person is always a tailor or a shoemaker.
    On Saint Patrick's day some people wear green dresses. At death black clothes are usually worn as a symbol of mourning. At a wedding blue and white are worn as
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ethna Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisnabantry, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisnabantry, Co. Cavan