School: Lattoon
- Location:
- Lattoon, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Hiorraí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1002, Page 038
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- In former years children did not wear boots only in Winter time and during inclement weather until they were fifteen years of age. Quite a number of children go barefoot in Summer. There are a few instances where and it is very rare to see a child go barefoot in Winter time. Of course boots soared up in price as also did wooden shoes to such an extent together with other commodities that parents find it impossible to keep foot-wear on the children.
Boots were made locally and are at present time. They are not made in such numbers so as to keep a shoemaker busy. A shoemaker at the present time would barely make five pairs of boots in one year.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rose Mc Gennis
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coragh, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr P. Mc Gennis
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coragh, Co. Cavan
