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School: Clover Hill (roll number 13262)

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Lissagallan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhaoilealaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0263, Page 374

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  1. Care of the Feet

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    Care of the feet.
    Long ago people used not wear boots of shoes until they were about fifteen years. I don't know of anybody in this district who never wore boots.
    In this district children go bare-foot to school in Summer. The water is thrown away after washing our feet. There are no shoemakers in this district.
    Clogs are worn by some children in winter but they are not worn locally. There is no leather made in this district.
    Very often people used to walk long distances in their feet. They often walked to Knock and Croke Patrick.
    Olive Raftery,
    Cloverhill N.S.
    Roscommon
    Infomation received from:-
    Mr. P. Raftery (age 65)
    Cloverhill,
    Roscommon
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Olive Raftery
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr P. Raftery
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Lissagallan, Co. Roscommon