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School: Clochar Lughaidh, Coillte Mághach

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 206

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  1. The Care of the Feet

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    In ancient times the boys and girls did not wear boots or stockings until they were twenty years of age, for they came to (m) mass and market bootless. Some wore stockings with the sole cut off leaving the instep and the toes covered as a kind of substitute for boots, and the young boys and girls would tramp barefooted in all kinds of weather to dances. Shoemaking shops were set up in country
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret M. Lavin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyglass, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James O' Regan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo