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School: Mullach Dubh

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Lisgorman, Co. Leitrim
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0203, Page 273

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  1. Care of the Feet

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    About a hundred years ago the people of this district went barefoot until they were fifteen or sixteen years old. Later on they began to wear a kind of low shoe called a "brog" or "Brogín". A man named McGoldrick who lives in the townland of Kilkoosey is a shoemaker and his father was a shoemaker also. His grandfather was a brogmaker and the tradition has come down in the family for hundreds of years. The shoemakers were a scarce in former times as they are now. It is said that if you keep your feet warm and your head cool you need not give a fig for the doctors
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Mc Manus
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Boggaun, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Manus
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Boggaun, Co. Leitrim