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School: An Gleann (roll number 14113)

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Glen, Co. Sligo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0179, Page 302

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    In olden times, men began to wear shoes at the age of twenty years and girls never wore a shoe until they were married. They were to be seen on the bog clamping, wheeling turf, saving hay and tying oats without a shoe on their feet.
    Larry Dineen who lived in a house on my father’s land never wore a shoe Summer or Winter. The water which washes the feet is not supposed to be thrown out especially at night. If it cannot be helped “chugat uisge salach” should be said three times before it is thrown out lest the fairies were passing round. If the water touched them, they punished those who threw it out. The Mac Partlands of Ballyfarnon were shoe-makers back to their
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lizzie Conway
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drummacool, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    James Conway
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Drummacool, Co. Sligo