School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)

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2. The Care of the Feet

   

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   Long ago people did not begin to wear shoes until they were fourteen of fifteen years of age, and sometimes until they were twenty. A travelling man by the name of Driscoll never wore shoes, and a Salter man from Lether hardly ever wore shoes, and used to cut furze barefooted. Children go barefoot in summer at present, and some go all the year round. The water used for washing the feet is not thrown out that night. It is

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Barry

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Rathruane Beg, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Patrick Barry

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   55

   Address

   Rathruane Beg, Co. Cork