School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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Shoes long ago.
Long ago the people used be sixteen or seventeen years before they put on shoes.then the poor people used only clogs which they used make themselves .They used get a bit timber and get a bit of leather. Then they used sow the leather with with wax and hemp and make an upper of it.
Then they used tack the upper to a bit of timber.Then the clog would be fit for wearing.Then they used be nine or ten years when they used put on right clothes.They used have souls called Gotta- perk .When they used want to put polish on their shoes .They used blacken them with the black of the pot .Then the used polish cords with(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Ó hAinnín
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Reanahumana, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mr Michael Houlihan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Reanahumana, Co. Clare
