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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 363

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    town but there are lots more scattered throughout the district. This has been a tradition in some of their families but most of them learned the trade from other shoemakers.
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  2. The Care of the Feet

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    In the days gone by people did not wear their boots except when they were going to the town or near it and then they would put them on. When the people washed their feet they threw the watter out in front of the door. The people did not send their shoes to a shoe maker. They put the soles.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Porter
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Bridget Loughrey
    Gender
    Female