School: Cluain Catha (roll number 16291)

Location:
Clooncah, Co. Roscommon
Teachers:
Dll. Ó Módhráin Ss. Mac Eoghain
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    four of five months old they are sold at the fair and go a high price.
    Goats are useful in their own way. A goat is able to rear two lambs every year and her milk is excellent in tea.
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  2. The Care of The Feet.
    In olden times people never wore shoes until they were fully grown. They were to town and mass barefooted. When they got shoes they carried them in their hands until they were near the town and then they put them on.
    At present children go barefooted in the Summer but they
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lizzie Compton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tuam, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs J. Compton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tuam, Co. Roscommon