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School: Coolfancy, Tinahely

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Coolafancy, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Dll. Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0922, Page 020

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    Footwear
    A man names Tom Owens never wore boots on Sunday or any other day. He lived in the country and once decided to join the army. When he went to the army he had to wear boots and when he used to put them on he never had the right boot on the right foot. So in order to help him to remember them the officer tied hay on his right leg and right boot and he tied straw on the left. So Tom called his feet not right and left but hay-foot and straw-foot.
    Bridget Murphy, Ballykelly, Shillelagh
    from Mr. James Maher, Hillbrook, Tinahely
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballykelly, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mr James Maher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Hillbrook Lower, Co. Wicklow