School: Glynn (C.) (roll number 4602)
- Location:
- Glynn, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Maighréad Ní Giolla Eóin
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- (continued from previous page)time, but not all the year round.
In this district the water in which the feet are washed is not used for any special purpose but if you washed your feet very late at night, when throwing out the water you should put a red cinder onto it before it is thrown out.
Boot are are not made locally but they are repaired. There is only one shoemaker in district whose name is Mr. Tommy White, Killurin, Post Office.
He gets plenty of work to do, because nearly every person gets their footwear repaired by him.
His father before him and many of his other friends were shoemakers also.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Wheeler
- Gender
- Female
