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School: Ballycumber (C.)

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Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
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Mrs Fenelon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0810, Page 345

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    Children wear boots when they are about one year old. Long ago children never wore boots only in very cold weather. The Children of this day go barefooted in the Summer. The water used for washing the feet is supposed not to be thrown out on Sunday. It is kept and thrown out on Monday morning early because the fairies will haunt the house otherwise.
    Long ago people boots but now they are usually bought. There are many shoe-makers in this district. The oldest are the Connaughtons. The trade was handed down from generation to generation.
    Clogs are very little worn now-a-days.
    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
    Mary Geraghty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Miss Kate Kenny
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    83
    Address
    Ballycumber, Co. Offaly