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School: Baile an Chlochair, Lic Snámha (roll number 12410)

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Ballincloher, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Pártholán Ó Gealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0411, Page 458

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    were made from leather. The soles of those boots were put on with paste. Leather was made in Tralee about forty or fifty years ago inside at the tannery. It was made from hides and calf-skins and other skins of animals. Those skins used to be put into a pit down in the ground and there used to be lime put with them to take off the hair off of them.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Gorman
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Dineen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballincloher, Co. Kerry