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School: Mullach, Sráid na Cathrach (roll number 3928)

Location:
Mullagh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Sandair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0624, Page 161

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    Long ago people used not wear shoes until they came to the age of twenty or twenty five years.
    It is customary for children nowadays to go barefoot for a portion of the year that is the months of Summer namely:- May, June and July.
    It is lucky to leave the water your feet are washed in out side the door during the night and to put a coal in it in such such a way that the Sun would shine on it in the morning.
    Boots are made and repaired in this district. If the upper of a boot is broken the shoemaker puts up a caoibín in it. If the sole or heel is broken he puts up a baurricín in it.
    The shoemakers are not as plentiful now in this district as they were some years
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Cillín
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowlagan, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs O' Dwyer
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowlagan, Co. Clare