School: Com Liath (Scoil Brighde) (roll number 8924)
- Location:
- Coomleagh West, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Muircheartach Ó Cróinín
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“Most of the children attending school here do not wear boots summer or winter except in very severe weather.”
Most of the children attending school here do not wear boots summer or winter except in very severe weather. Nearly all wear boots on Sundays. Nobody remembers however to see grown-ups going bare-footed.
Uisce na gCos should never be left in the house for the night as it is one of the means by which the fairies can get in by whispering Uisce na gCos leag isteach me. To dispose of it the person must go outside the door and step to one side then stoop down to spill it. If she throws it from the door she may throw it into the faces of the fairies who are always liable to be standing around and of course this would be a great insult.
We seldom find shoemakers in country districts now but this was not so some years ago.
Parts of shoeAn bonn, an sál agus an uachtarA patch on the upper is called a Taoibhín
A patch on a trouser or coat etc. is called a paistea patched darned in a stocking is called a Preabán
Shoes with timber soles were once very commonly used in the district but are never used now-a-days.Leather was tanned in Bantry until quiet recently. A man named Cremin who was once engaged in this industry still lives in the town.
Nobody here remembers to see or hear of pieces of animals' hides worn on the feet.