School: Maigh Locha (Cailíní)

Location:
Moylough, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Challaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0081, Page 148

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  1. The people of long ago did not begin to wear boots until they were twenty years of age. There is a man who went to fairs without boots or shoes. His name is "Patrick Burke" but he had a nick name "Pat Happy"
    Children go bare footed in summer. When people wash their feet they throw out the water when they are finished they say if you leave it within the fairies would come to that house. If the nights were cold they would put a red coal into the water and leave it inside. When people wash their face or hands and a few more persons wash their face of hands in the same water the
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dellie O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moylough, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mr M. Scarry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Moylough, Co. Galway