School: Leac Snámha (B.) (roll number 10957)

Location:
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Dáithí. B. Ó Duilleáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0411, Page 223

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  1. Long ago the people of my locality began to wear shoes at the age of twelve and fourteen years of age. There are no accounts in my locality of people who never wore shoes. Long ago when the people of my locality used to be going to Tralee with eggs they would carry their shoes across their shoulders until they would be near the town. Then they would on their shoes at a place called "Droiceadeen na morog". Then they would take off their shoes again at the same place coming home. The time it would take the people to go to Tralee from Liscnaw was one hour.
    The shoemaker who was in this locality long ago was Naurice More. This man used to make shoes and also mend shoes. He lived in Ballinageragh and lived to the age of seventy-nine years. The shoemakers
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynagare, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Maurice Whelan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    71
    Address
    Ballynagare, Co. Kerry