School: Slane (B.) (roll number 4851)
- Location:
- Baile Shláine, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Cuánaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0713, Page 147
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- (continued from previous page)during the Summer months. But parents are inclined to stop letting them do so as it has been said the practice is a bad one owing to the danger of Gangerine from dirt and germs getting in through cracks and cuts in the feet.
Before the advent of modern machinery shoemakers did a good trade. It was a general rule for people to treat themselves to a heavy pair of nailed boots for Winter and a lighter pair for Summer. My Granmother told me that about forty years ago the price she paid for a pair was two pounds but they would last a long time.
- Collector
- Robert Tallon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Shláine, Co. na Mí
