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   getting prosperous. The boots that were made in those days always gave better wear than the boots we have nowadays.
   It is quite different now, all the country shoe-makers are gone, and factories are in being. Now they make the boots much neater than in those days, but I dare say not so good.

   

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2. Old Crafts

   

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   Long ago thatching was a great trade in Ireland. Thatchers got lot of work to do. They were going from house to house thatching for people, and by that means they were earning a living for themselves. They used a ladder, straw, and rods called scollops. When a house was rightly finished, you could see

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