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1. The Care of the Feet

   

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   Long ago people never wore boots until
   they were twelve or fourteen years.
   Humphrey Moynihan a travelling man
   never wore boots or shoes. Children at
   present go bare foot during the Summer
   months. There are five shoemakers
   in Newmarket and they make boots and
   repair them. It is not a tradition in
   those men's ancestors. Clogs were worn
   in former times and made locally.
   There were men in olden times if they got
   the uppers of old boots would put
   wooden soles on them. In olden
   times people were very careful of
   their shoes, and at that time they
   travelled on foot. When they were
   going on a journey they
   carried their shoes on their shoulder
   until they came within a half a
   mile of that place. Then they sat down
   and put on their shoes.
   Long ago the men wore strong nailed
   boots and the women wore light shoes.
   At each side of these shoes there
   was elastic and this would expand
   and this would enable the foot to

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora O' Sullvan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Glenlara, Co. Cork

   Informant

   John O' Sullivan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Glenlara, Co. Cork