School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)

Location:
Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
(name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 05_026

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    at the present day as people prefer the machine made clothes.
    On St Patrick's day women wear green clothes and the men wear green ribbons on their coats.
    At the death of a relative, black clothes are worn to denote sorrow and grief.
    White and blue are the colours worn at weddings.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Ní Longáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Haggard, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Edward Long
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    69
    Address
    Haggard, Co. Kilkenny