School: N. Colmcille, Buncrana (roll number 16752)

Location:
Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pilib Mac Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1110, Page 359

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  1. The people say that the people in the former times did not were boots until they were about sixteen or seventeen. There are accounts of people who never wore boots except on Sunday. There is a woman in this town named Margret Smith who is about 70 years she never wore boots except on a Sunday. The are children in this town who never wear boots in the Summer. Long ago people used to wash their stockings in the water they washed their feet in, because the water they washed their feet in was soapy, and the soap
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Doherty
    Gender
    Female