School: Fortview, Clones (roll number 15300)

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1. The Old Graveyards (continued)

   

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   and palm trees.
   In the Protestant graveyard there is a tombstone with the epitaph written on it.
   “Here I lie all forlorn,
   Died for the love of Doctor Horne.”
   Local people that lived in the parish of Currin have moved away lately to other parishes, such as the Crowes of Kesk. Other local families have gone to Belfast and other places.

   

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2. The Care of the Feet

   

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   In olden days people were usually fifteen or sixteen years of age before they began to wear boots or shoes. When they would be sent into town they would take off their shoes or boots and walk along the road in their bare feet until they came to the edge of the town, when they came would put them on again.
   In this area during the summer months children go barefooted until autumn, when they begin to wear boots and shoes once more. Boots and shoes are repaired locally. If methylated spirit is put in the water it will

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
         1. shoes (~1,841)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sheelagh Sherriff

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Clones, Co. Monaghan