School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

Location:
Gortaveha, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 09_021

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  1. Long ago people had no shoes until they be twenty or twenty one winter or summer.Then they would get a pair made from culaperk and then if the sun shone hard or if they went near the fire the sole would fall off.
    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
    Tomás Mac Conmara
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockanena, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Namara
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Knockanena, Co. Clare