School: Carraig Uí Ulla (Carrigagulla), Baile na Groighe
- Location:
- Carrigagulla, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Hanluain
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- Long ago a number of people lived in my district who never wore a boot. One beggar named Charly Conway never wore a boot. All the children go barefooted in the summer time in my district. People in olden times never threw out uisce na gcos at night. It is said if you threw it out the Dareag Cailleacha Bhéara would come in. Shoemakers were very plentiful in my district in olden times. Shoes are now made by machine. Clogs were worn in olden times. These kept the feet very dry and warm. The clogs had wooden soles with iron.
The following poem was written about clogs.
Ar bhfeacha tú Seán ó bhárr an chniuc,
Ar leiceann teinteán a rínche gig,
Mar do dhéanfadh sé gleo,
Le cloganna nua.
Agus do tháinig sa treo seo ó Cheann Tuirc,
Agus ó beánna-tíghe caidé an buairt sin ort.This poem seems to be recent
P. Ua h-A.
