School: Errew G.N.S. (roll number 13261)
- Location:
- An tOireamh, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Brígid Nic Eoin
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- (continued from previous page)no son and before she would wash the girls feet she would bring the cock off the roost and wash his feet.
Boots are repaired in my district by an old cobler. It was not handed down to him by his parents. It was how he learned his trade.
Clogs were worn long ago and they are also worn at the present day by boys. Clogs were never made in my district.
There was an old cobler once and he was very poor. He had nothing to support himself and his wife and his family only all he made on mending shoes.
One day a lot of shoes were(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Female
