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School: Clochar na Trócaire, An tSráidbhaile (roll number 13020)

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Stradbally, Co. Waterford
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An tSr. Ióseph
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  1. The Care of the Feet

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    The following was told to me by by grandmother.
    The care of the Feet.
    Long ago people would be twenty one years of age before they would (b) wear the first pair of shoes and when they would get them they couldn't wear them.
    There was a man living in Bonmahon who never wore shoes, he used to cut scallops and the people called him "Martin the Scallops." There was a priest living in Bonmahon who bought a pair of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Dunford
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newtown, Co. Waterford