School: Keelagh
- Location:
- Keelagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Ellen Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 158
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- In this part of the country the people wear clogs or strong nailed boots to protect the feet and keep them warm when the weather is cold in winter. In summer the people wear light shoes or slippers or some old light footwear.
In winter the children wear woollen stocking's and clogs or boots. There is a clogmaker in this part of the country. His name is Faulkner. He also makes wooden soles.
It is said that you should not throw out the water you wash your feet with until the next morning or it is said that you would not sleep well.
Over in the West of Ireland until the present day the old men and women go barefoot winter and summer. The children wear pampooties when they are walking on the slippery rocks.
Other people have corns(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Mc Donald
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr John Rudden
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Claragh, Co. Cavan
