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School: Baile an Bhile (B.) (roll number 12195)

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Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
John F. Higgins
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 114

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  1. The Care of the Feet (continued)

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    shoes in summer. The most of the children leave off their shoes in the summer months. In the olden times the boys and girls were not allowed to wear shoes until the girls were able to know the stockings. Shoes are made in the district in Cussolough and shoes are repaired there also. Shoemakers were more plentiful long ago than they are now.
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  2. The Care of the Feet

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    Long ago people did not wear shoes until they were ten years of age. Nowadays children do not wear shoes in summer when the weather is fine. But it is necessary for them to wear shoes in winter. Long ago some people never wore shoes. Long
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jarlath Flanagan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brickeens, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Ellen Costello
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Brickeens, Co. Mayo