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School: Páirc na Coille

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Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
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Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 346

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  1. Care of the Feet

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    The people of former times did not wear shoes until they came to the age of twenty years and some of them never wore shoes. There is no accounts of those people who went bare-footed. The children go bare footed during the summer months. The water in which the feet are washed is thrown out. There are no customs or beliefs connected it.
    Boots are repaired in this locality but there are no shoe-makers. There were two shoe makers in this district long ago. Owen Martin Gortaon who was nicknamed the "Bróge" and Pat Martin Cortrasna who was nicknamed Pat "Máney". If shoe making has been a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Leyland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crossna, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Thomas Leyland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crossna, Co. Roscommon