School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

Location:
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Liam Ó Catháin
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  1. Care of the Feet

    Some of people used not wear boots until they were eighteen or nineteen years long ago.

    Some of people used not wear boots until they were eighteen or nineteen years long ago. They used to work in the fields and in the dikes and the frost cracking under their feet. Jack Mahoney used never wear boots and he could walk on any thing and he would not feel it. he used to walk on bushes and on briars and he would not feel it.
    Most of the children go barefoot in the summer but they put them on in the winter. They throw the water they use for washing
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martin Kennelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dromin, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    John Shanahan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    69
    Address
    Dromin, Co. Kerry