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

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Swords, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
A. Hamill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0788, Page 179

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    Care of the Feet
    There were more boot-makers in former times then there are now because if a person wants a pair of boots or shoes now all they have to is to go to a shop and buy them ready made but if a person wanted to get a pair in former times he had to go to the boot-maker and got fitted and he might have to wait for a week or a month before the bootmaker would have them finished because the boots then were all made by hand. These boots were dearer than the boots are now because there was better leather used then.
    Written by: Jack Savage Swords (16yrs)
    Told by: Patrick Kelly Swords (62yrs)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jack Savage
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    16
    Occupation
    Pupil
    Address
    Swords, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Patrick Kelly
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Swords, Co. Dublin