School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin

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Care of the Feet

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 22_032

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People wore no shoes long ago, until they were about twenty years of age. There was a few old women around here and an old man named Mike Fleming wore no shoes at any time. At the present time the children go in their bare feet during the Summer.
There is no shoemaker nearer than Ballygar about four miles from here. The people made their own boots out of the hides of animals some of the people wore clogs before now.

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Collector
Annie Taylor
Gender
female
Address
Castle Ffrench, Co. Galway
Language
English