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School: Muine Mór

Location:
Meenymore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Liam Ó Briain
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  1. The Care of the Feet

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    The old people long ago never wore shoes till they were getting Confirmation and children are wearing them now at three and four years of age. Some times the old people never wore shoes till they were getting married. The children go barefooted in the summer time from the beginning of April to the end of October. When the children begin to go barefooted they get thorns in their feet and sometimes fail to take them out and the foot builds a poultice of loaf bread is put on to cure it. When the farmers
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Molly Mac Morrow
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortnalibbert, Co. Leitrim