School: Ballinatone, Rathdrum
- Location:
- Ballinatone Lower, Co. Wicklow
- Teachers: Miss Stuart Miss Campbell
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- People round here wear shoes or boots unless they are unable to afford them and then the children are allowed to go bare-footed in the summer.
There are two or three shoe-makers but they only do mending of shoes.
- There are clogs made round here but they are seldom seen now. People say they are dangerous.
It is said to be good for the feet to put salt in the water when washing them. - Collector
- Ben O' Leary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinatone Lower, Co. Wicklow
