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1. Clothes Worn Long Ago (continued)

   

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   pair of knee breeches, a sleeved waist coat lined with flannel and a long split up the back, with the knee breeches they wore long woollen stockings knitted at home from homespun wool. There are still about twelve spinning wheels in use around the district In Winter the men wore heavy boots with wooden soles tipped with iron called clogs. Elastic shoes were worn in Summer. The women's dresses were of heavy cloth woven by the weaver. They wore capes or shawls, wool stockings and elastic shoes. The old women wore white linen caps tied under the chin. When going out they wore long blue capes or woollen shawls. No bonnets were worn. The older women usually had a small shawl called a ''cloud'' to cover their heads with The young girls wore dresses of coloured linen in

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   Topics

   1. earraí
      1. éadaí agus suaitheantais (~2,403)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Bella Mc Hugh

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   94

   Address

   An Muileann Iarainn, Co. an Chabháin