School: Woodland (roll number 8464)
- Location:
- Woodland, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mrs Crossan
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- In olden times people never wore shoes except when going to Mass. An old woman, Fanny Donnell, who loved in Loughagannon never wore shoes at all. The children in our district go barefoot in summer. Boots are repaired locally. There are three shoe-repairers in this district. It has not been a tradition in their families. There was one shoe-repairer in this district in olden times. There are many more people wearing shoes now than there were in olden times. Clogs are made in Letterkenny and many people wear them. In olden times there was much leather made in the district. The leather was made in Ramelton.
- In former times in Ireland many people did not wear boots or shoes until they were about sixteen or seventeen years of age. At that time there were no bootshops in Donegal. There were shops where leather was sold. This people bought and brought home with them. The shoemaker would then come to the house and make the boots or shoes. Previous to this time boots or shoes of guttapercha were made. These boots could be repaired by the people who wore them as the sole could be melted and stuck on by the use of warm irons. In our district in former times there were about forty shoemakers who all got employment making boots and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Henry Mc Cafferty
- Address
- Oldtown, Co. Donegal
