School: Ballyconnell (B.)
- Location:
- Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: James Mulligan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0967, Page 350
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- Children mostly started to wear boots at 17 years of age long ago.
There was supposed to be a man about this country who never used boots. Children at present wear boots in Summer. In was said it was unlucky to throw out water of any kind at night. There is one shoemaker in the district.
Clogs used to be made locally and they are still worn in Winter yet.
Leather was tanned in this district in a place called the Tanyard.
Long ago when some people had their children going to Mass with shoes, they were thought to be very rich.
- Informant
- Patrick S. O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Snugborough, Co. Cavan
