School: Killuran / Cill Úráin (roll number 14658)

Location:
Killuran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Thomas Mc Inerney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588C, Page 19_026

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  1. The people long ago had different ways of dressing themselves. They had no boots or shoes like we have now. The boys and girls never wore any boots or shoes until they were about fifteen or sixteen years of age. If any animals died the took the skins of them and made it into the form of a foot. They put the furry side into the foot and left the other side out to keep torns or spikes from their feet. They put this skin to the soles of their
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Tuohy
    Gender
    Male