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  1. The Care of the Feet

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    The shoemaking is a tradition in the Hopkin's family for five generations. The shoemakers are scarce nowadays because nearly all boots are made by machinery.
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    Long ago on Hollow Eve night people who had sore feet left a basin of clean water outside the back door and the next morning they wash their feet in it and they are cured. It is said that the fairies put some kind of soap in it.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Mc Govern
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Paddy Mc Govern
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan

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    (Th) Long ago, it is said the people used not to wear boots until they were seventeen or eighteen years of age. Most of
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