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School: Páirc Árd (High Park) (roll number 11431)

Location:
Carrowgilhooly, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Conaill
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    Long ago when people were in or about the age of twenty years they began to wear shoes or boots. There is an account of one person that we know who never wore boots or shoes. She was a poor beggar woman and she is not so long dead in or about two years and she never wore shoes. She used to beg from house to house bottles and other charties like that. Her name was Mary Foy and she used to
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Diamond
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Toberawnaun, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr J Diamond
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Address
    Toberawnaun, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs J Diamond
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Toberawnaun, Co. Sligo