School: Ceann Tuirc (B.) (roll number 14052)
- Location:
- Kanturk, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Liam Ó Caoimh
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- (continued from previous page)It is a custom that feet water should be thrown out before midnight.
- The Care of Our Feet
In the former times the boys wore no boots until they were about twelve years of age. Some of the children never wore shoes all the year round even in the frost and snow.
People say, that if you left the water that you washed your(continues on next page) - Collector
- Tim Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Denis Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kanturk, Co. Cork
