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School: An Cnoc (C.) (roll number 16123)

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Knock, Co. Mayo
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Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0108, Page 187

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    wanted. They wore short coats but it was mostly shawls they wore. They wore white caps with gathers in the front of them and there were pieces down over their ears and there used to be a tape on them and they tied that tape under their chin. They wore shoes called lastics, they were called that name because they were closed up all the way and there were elastics at the two ankles and they would draw them out where the elastic was in order to get them on.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie May Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloondace, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    83
    Address
    Cloondace, Co. Mayo