Scoil: Glascorn (uimhir rolla 16615)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. The Care of the Feet (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   who never wore boots.
   Her name is Mary Hurley. Her mother never wore boots or shoes either. Another woman names Mary Laverty who is now dead and who lived in Loughnavalley never wore boots or shoes. She used to go Mass in her bare feet in the snow and frost. She has a brother still living. A man named Thomas Dowd who lived near Laragh Hill was never known to wear boots or shoes either.
   The children at present go barefoot from 1st May to 1st October. In this district it is considered unlucky to keep the water in which the feet are washed in the house overnight. Boots are repaired locally but there are no shoemakers in the district now. Almost every man in the country repairs the boots for his own family. Clogs were worn in olden times but were not made locally.

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

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