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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 522

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  1. Care of the Feet

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    The people began to wear boots at the age of fifteen or sixteen years. There are no accounts of people who never wear shoes.
    The [?] children go barefoot six months of the year. When the people are rea[?] after washing their feet they put a coal into the water
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Cullina
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Irishtown, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Willam Cullina
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Irishtown, Co. Mayo