School: Ballinode (roll number 10665)
- Location:
- Bellanode, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: M. Clarke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0955, Page 226
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- Very few people go barefoot in Summer, because there is a cheap supply of gutties sandals and rubber shoes and in olden times people went barefoot or bore boots or heavy shoe in SummerThe boots and shoes are made by a shoe-maker and he also repairs boots. Most people that are handy repair can repair their own supply of boots at home when they have all the implements. There is one shoemaker in our district. His name is John Curley. He lives in the village of Ballinode. His father was also a shoemaker and his uncle.There are not as many shoemakers at the present time as there were in olden times, because the children and the grown up(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Maxwell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilnahaltar, Co. Monaghan
