School: Swords (B.) (roll number 755)

Location:
Swords, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
A. Hamill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0788, Page 174

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  1. Care of the feet
    In older times people did not wear boots until they were about twenty years of age.
    They wore boots to protect their feet from the sharp stones when they were working in the fields.
    In the west of Ireland people never wear boots, only when they are going to Church.
    Most children do not wear boots in summer, but I know a boy who never wears boots.
    It was an old custom not to throw out the water one hallow eve in which you washed your feet in, as yo were to keep the water until the next day. Boots were made in Sowrds by a man named Mr. M Gartoll and employed
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Gannon
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Pupil
    Address
    Swords, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Laurence Gannon
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Swords, Co. Dublin