School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)
- Location:
- Cill Átha Chroim, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 09_010
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- Long ago people never wore shoes until they were about to get married. There are people still who wear no shoes. Mostly all the children going to school go barefoot. It was a custom long ago to put on their shoes at a cross-road when going to Mass and take them off again when coming home and tie the two laces together and put them across their shoulders. There were shoes that used to be called clogs. They were made with a wooden heel and sole and the upper with leather and an iron tip round the sole and heel. There was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- S. Ní Shúilleabháin
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Micheal O' Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cill Átha Chroim, Co. Chiarraí
