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School: Cill a' Lachtáin

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Killallaghtan, Co. Galway
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0330

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    About seventy years ago children would not get any shoes to wear until they would be about sixteen years of age. Some travelling people never wore boots. My father knew a man by the name of Martin Purcell who never wore any. The children nowadays go barefooted during the summer but during the winter they all wear boots as soon as they are able to walk. Bootmakers are scarce in the locality. There are only two left in
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Fahey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lurgan Great, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Fahey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Lurgan Great, Co. Galway