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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0912, Page 149

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0912, Page 149

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  1. Care of the Feet

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    The children of the district go round their farm in their bare-feet in summer. When they are spreading turf, or making hay. The boys mostly go in their bare-feet. The folk of this district are wearing boots as long as we can remember.
    We throw the water that the feet are washed in on shrubs, or flowers.
    A brother of Mr Aurther Sutton, fortview, Robert used to make shoes and boots for the people locally. He took a room in Miss Doyles of Roundwood. He is dead.
    Mr James Murphy then took up the work for a couple of years, and he also died.
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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
    Alice Sutton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glasnamullen, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Caroline Sutton
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Glasnamullen, Co. Wicklow