School: Muine Mór
- Location:
- Meenymore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Liam Ó Briain
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- The old people long ago never wore shoes till they were getting Confirmation and children are wearing them now at three and four years of age. Some times the old people never wore shoes till they were getting married. The children go barefooted in the summer time from the beginning of April to the end of October. When the children begin to go barefooted they get thorns in their feet and sometimes fail to take them out and the foot builds a poultice of loaf bread is put on to cure it. When the farmers(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Molly Mac Morrow
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gortnalibbert, Co. Leitrim