School: Aghalustia (roll number 12484)
- Location:
- Aghalustia, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire Ní Dhubhthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)house who straightens heels and puts on soles.
Some of the men in this locality make clogs for themselves and their children
Freheens used to be worn by girls when working in the bog.These were made of cloth and protected the shins and feet from scalding as used to happen when wet skirts flapped round them.
An old saying about shoes is
"It is better to wear shoes than sheets"