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School: Cluain an Iubhair (roll number 15213)

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Cloonanure, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Háinlighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0187, Page 442

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  1. The Care of the Feet

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    About fifty years ago people began to wear boots at about the age of fourteen or fifteen years.
    There were several people in this district who never wore boots or shoes, but all those are now dead. The children now-a-days go barefoot in Summer, but in Winter they wear boots or shoes. They go barefoot for about five months of the year.
    Now-a-days the water which is used for washing the feet is thrown out anywhere and at any time but long ago the old people
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    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
    Leo Dodd
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Chacefield, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    John Dodd
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Chacefield, Co. Sligo