School: Cill na Móna (C.) (roll number 13626)
- Location:
- Kilnamona, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Síle Céitinn
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out the feet water they put a small red coal into it and leave the water in the house until next morning.
Most of the people in this parish generally mend their own boots and shoes.
Paiste -A patch put on any part of the upper of a boot or shoe that is broken.
Taoibín- A small patch put on any part of the upper of the shoe .
Peire tosaidhe- is a patch put on the upper of the shoe which comes out over the toes sometimes called a barracín.
There was a shoemaker in the parish of Kilnamona named Tadhg Hegarty and he had a son named John who learned the trade from his father.When his father died he gave up the trade and went to America .
There were four or five shoemakers in the parish of Kilnamona ,but there are only a few in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Hegarty
- Gender
- Female
