School: Lismacaffry

Location:
Lismacaffry, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Gamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0739, Page 383

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  1. People long ago began to wear boots when they were eighteen or nineteen years of age. There was a man who lived in Streete and his name was Paddy Cannowy who never put a boot on his foot in his life. The children in this district go bare-foot in Summer.
    If you wash your feet in water on Good Friday and keep the water and if you have a sore and wash your feet in the water it will
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Hugh Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Kilfintan, Co. Longford