1. Were new clothes obtained at certain times of the year? Name these. 2. Were the times of year at which men and women obtained new clothes different? If so, name these and give a reason if possible. 3. Were new clothes first worn for church-going or to other special occasions? On what other occasions were best clothes worn? 4. What happened to best clothes when new clothes were obtained? 5. Were there any special names for new outfits? Did people greet those wearing new clothes with any special phrase or saying, or in any other way? 6. Was a special set of accessories kept for wearing with best clothes? 7. Did most people in your area have their clothes made, or did they buy them? Were there differences in how men and women obtained their clothes? 8. Were clothes ever bought on credit? Did any groups of people in your area wear second-hand clothes? 9. Were members of religious or occupational groups recognisable by their clothing? 10. Were certain items of clothing, jewellery or accessories particularly prized or sought after as status symbols? 11. Did young people vie with each other to have fashionable clothes? 12. Did people go into mourning for the dead? If so, which members of the family wore mourning? How long did it last? 13. Were children put into mourning? 14. What happened to the clothes of the deceased? 15. In what was the deceased dressed for laying out? Were men and women differently dressed for laying out? 16. Were gloves or funeral scarves given to certain mourners at funerals? 17. Does anyone in your area remember boys and girls being dressed alike? If so at what age did boys get their first trousers? Was their hair cut at the same time? 18. At what age did boys get their first long trousers? 19. At what age did girls put their hair up? 20. Did children go barefoot at certain times of year? 21. Were people superstitious about certain colours? Please list these, stating whether lucky or unlucky, if you can and give the reason why. 22. Does anyone in your area remember pedlars or travelling tailors or shoemakers? 23. Were winter and summer clothes of different materials and colours? 24. How did people protect themselves in wet weather? 25. What happened to old clothes? 26. Was there a special day of the week for changing underwear or other garments? 27. How were clothes cleaned which could not be washed? 28. How did women protect their clothes when carrying out household tasks? How did they protect their clothes when working in the fields? 29. Were shawls worn in your area within living memory? Describe. Was it the custom to carry infants inside the shawl? 30. Have you ever heard of flour bags being used to make underwear? 31. Did most people have special nightclothes? 32. Were there special maternity clothes for women? If not, what did they wear? 33. Were clothes given as a present? Was it the custom to put money in the pocket of a garment given as a present? 34. Did most brides in your area wear white? Was it the custom for brides above a certain age not to wear white? 35. Were there any differences in dress between married and unmarried people? Or between young and old people? Please list overleaf any other information you may have about prices of garments, people considered eccentric in their dress, details about weavers, tailors, dressmakers, etc., anecdotes concerning dress or anything else about dress which you think might be of interest.
