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School: Creewood (roll number 5331)

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Creewood, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Chearnacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 272

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  1. The Care of the Feet

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    Long ago children did not begin to wear boots until they were fifteen or sixteen. There are no accounts of people who never wore boots. Some children long ago went both to school and to Mass barefooted all the year round when their parents could not buy boots for them. There are no beliefs connected with the water that feet is washed in.
    In this district the boots are repaired
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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
    Vera Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creewood, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Lizzie Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creewood, Co. Meath