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School: Ceann Tuirc (roll number 9317)

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Kinturk, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0609, Page 041

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    November they are barefooted.Although children can run fast and are lively without boots they suffer sometimes, because they get sore legs ,cuts and bown-locks.
    Long ago people used hardly wear shoes .Youngsters used not wear them until they were able to work with a spade. Sometimes they used have clogs.Those were leather ones with timber soles .They were cheaper than the other shoe. Pat Doohan's wife who lives in Slieveloughane, Connolly has a pair of shoes. if people had a good pair of shoes they used spare them . They used bring their shoes in their hands to the chapel and put them on.They were two
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Reidy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenletternafinny, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs James Reidy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Glenletternafinny, Co. Clare