School: Athlone (Mixed) (roll number 16092)
- Location:
- Baile Átha Luain, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: T. Hunter
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0748, Page 110
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- There are very few people around Athlone that do not wear boots or shoes. Those who do not wear them are the people who cannot afford them.The water in which the feet are washed is always thrown out.Boots are only repaired around Athlone they used to be made long ago.There are nine shoe-repairers in this town. There are more nowadays than in former times.Clogs are worn very seldom around this district. Clogs were made locally.At the age of fourteen the children began to wear boots in olden times.In the Summer some people walk through a bog bare-footed. This is supposed to take away any corns that people have on their feet.The women put a hot coal in the water that washes their feet to keep the fairies away.People say if your feet begin to sweat to wash them in boiling water every night.
- Informant
- Mr F. Dobbs
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Átha Luain, Co. na hIarmhí
- Informant
- Paddy Burns
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bunnavally, Co. na hIarmhí
