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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

Location:
Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 520

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  1. Care of the Feet

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    Long ago the people usen't wear any shoes until they reached the age of fourteen years. There are a few old women in the parish that never wore shoes.
    At the present day it is a custom for all the children to go barefooted in Summer. The old people that the people used to put a coal in the water where they used to wash their feet before they would throw it out.
    Boots are repaired at the present day and they are made in Ballindine. There is only one shoemaker in
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meelick, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Devane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meelick, Co. Mayo