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School: Cill an Daingin, Nenagh (roll number 6658)

Location:
Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó hOgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0534, Page 184

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  1. The Care of Our Feet

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    In olden times people did not begin to wear boots until they were fourteen years of age. Long ago the people used never wear boots or shoes, unless in the frosty weather. The boys, and girls nowadays go barefooted in the Summer.
    The water for washing the feet is thrown out. Before throwing it out some people put a cinders in the water. On "Poor Souls" night the feet water is never thrown out. The old people say that if you threw out the water you would hit some "poor soul" in the face with the water. The water is thrown out in the morning.
    There are no shoemakers in my district. Some of the people repair their own shoes and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maisie Cleary
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Fanny Cleary
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Killadangan, Co. Tipperary