School: Druim an Easbuig

Location:
Drumanespick, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Á. Ní Dhálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 269

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  1. The people used not to wear boots until they were seven years of age. They used to make the children wear heavy nail boots to school and to Mass.
    The children used to go barefoot from the first of May till the end of Sept. Most of the boys and girls wore clogs and sometimes old shoes made of cloth and a piece of card-board put in them for soles.
    The old women used to wear boots with elastic sides in them. Other boots they wore were called "long-neck boots" They wore boots that almost went up to their knees.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Carroll
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Monaghanoose, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs Phil Carroll
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Monaghanoose, Co. Cavan