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School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)

Location:
Buiríos Ó Luigheach, Co. Thiobraid Árann
Teacher:
Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0545, Page 004

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    only clogs. They used to begin to wear them at 15 years of age. They used to go barefooted and wear sandels in Summer. They used to wear big clogs, especially in boggy land and wet weather. The children go barefoot at present and the girls wear sandels.
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  2. The Care of the Feet

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    The old people used to wear sandels made out of skins of the cows. The people who was living in the bog used to wear clogs. When people was twenty long ago they used to put on sandels, until they reach that age they used
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    Topics
    1. earraí
      1. éadaí agus suaitheantais (~2,403)
        1. bróga (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Devitt
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Roisín Beag, Co. Thiobraid Árann
    Informant
    Thomas Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Roisín Beag, Co. Thiobraid Árann