School: Drong (roll number 15699)
- Location:
- Drung, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán P. Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1117, Page 224
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- (continued from previous page)and there they would stop and put them on again before going into the town. They also practiced the same habit on a Sunday when going to church and it was a common sight to see the men and women putting on their shoes in front of the church door after tramping the road for miles on the bare-feet
The shoe-makers in olden times were not as common as they are nowadays and leather was much dearer.
There are two shoe-makers in this district, Corney McCole of Drunghill and Corney Duffy of Ballyargus. They very seldom made shoes though they are called shoe-makers.
It is said to be unlucky to put on one shoe and lace it before putting on the other. On a certain occasion when St. Colomcille was in the Co. Cavan he put on one shoe(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Mc Ghee
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Quigley's Point, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Ellen Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 80
- Address
- Quigley's Point, Co. Donegal
