School: Teamhair, Áth Treasna
- Location:
- Taur, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dd. Ó Súillleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0351, Page 588
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- In olden days young people did
not begin to wear boots until
from the age of 15 to 20 years.
A man who was known by the
name of Free Mary, a traveller,
never wore a boot or a shoe.
If he kicked a donkey he would
almost kill him.
The children of the present
day go barefoot during the Summer.
The only custom about the feet
water is it should not be
thrown out at night after 12 O'clock
for fear there might be
faries out side and the water
would dirty them, then they
might do harm.
In olden times there were from
8 to 10 shoemakers in Newmarket
and now-a-days there are but
three. Sometimes the boots are
repaired at home by the people
of the house.
Clogs were made by a man in
Barnacurra known by the name
of Patsy the Clogger. These were(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Mc Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Taur, Co. Cork
- Informant
- E. O' Connell
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 81
