School: Clongeen (roll number 4652)
- Location:
- Clongeen, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Brian Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 304
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- (continued from previous page)but it was water nor he did not care.
- In certain places long ago, there were people living in the country who made boots or shoes.
There was a man named James Doran who stopped in the hotel in Foulksmills about forty years ago. He spent his time in repairing boots.
He also made light shoes or sandals for women with skins of animals which were killed on the farm. The soles were made with three pieces of skin stitched together, which made them strong. There were two men in the little Cullenstown, one of the used to make clogs out of wood with skin inside with hair inside. The other used to(continues on next page)
