School: Clar (roll number 11561)
- Location:
- Clarcam, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Alastair Alcorn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1035, Page 396
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- Times ago people got their shoes made by the cobbler so that the shoes would fit them.
In old times people only wore shoes when they were going to a funeral or going to do their shoping.
The shoes were far cheaper than what they are now, and it was very seldom to see anyone wearing shoes until the were big men and women.
This cobbler lived in Ballintra. He was a tall dark man with grey hair and a long beard. The men then did not cut their hair because there were no barbares.
The shoes that he made was of leather, with brass eyes. There were no shop shoes and so everyone had to get their shoes made by the cobbler, and he made plenty of money.
26-5-1938
- Collector
- Lily Pearsons
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Pearson
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 89
- Address
- Finnabanes, Co. Donegal
