School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua (roll number 16654)
- Location:
- Milltown, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: S.P. Ó Donnchadha
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- It was after Noah's flood that people first wore boots. Before that the rich people wore clogs and the poor people went bare-footed.
In Summer all the children of my district go bare-footed and some go bare-footed all the year.
Years ago, water used for washing feet was left in all night and a coal of fire thrown into it. The idea was, to keep the fairies away from the person who washed his feet and the cock's feet were washed in it next morning.
In my district. long ago, there were a lot of shoemakers. My grandfather was one and people came from other place with shoes and boots to be repaired.
Nowadays, the upper of a shoe is softer than the sole but long ago there was no difference.
Shoemaking is all done by machinery now. I got this information from my mother
- Collector
- Teresa Gorry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Hawkfield, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Gorry
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 49
- Address
- Hawkfield, Co. Kildare
