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School: Tulach Ruacháin

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Tulrohaun, Co. Mayo
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Mary Agnes Smyth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 495

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  1. The Care of the Feet

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    The old people long ago never wore a shoe until the year before they got married. Mark McDonald never wore a shoe. He had no house of his own. But in the winter time he would go into the workhouse and in the summer he would come out. He stayed in Cóill Mór in the side of the road. Sometimes he would go around from house to house looking for food. He would sing a
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballybaun, Co. Mayo