School: Cill an Mhuilinn, Malla (roll number 15903)
- Location:
- Killavullen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Donncha Magner
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0371, Page 083
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- Some of the people in former times could of course afford to buy boots. But other poor people at one time had no boots to wear. In olden times most of the poor children had to go barefoot Winter and Summer because they had no boots to wear. But nowadays very few children go barefoot in the Summer.
The water used for washing the feet was never kept overnight. An old custom was, when throwing out the water to throw it to the left hand.
Boots and shoes are made locally in all parts of the country. There is one(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Quirke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Monanimy Lower, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Miss Neill Roche
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Monanimy Lower, Co. Cork
