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School: Cuilleán

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Cuillaun, Co. Mayo
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León P. Mac Eachmharaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0098, Page 071

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0098, Page 071

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  1. Care of the Feet (continued)

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    information from Michael Daly and John Bourke Boleyboy.
    Long ago the people used to wear [?] oftener than shoes because they had not enough money to buy shoes. l Sometimes the children used to go barefoot all the year round
    Long ago the people used to get their shoes made by the shoemaker. There lived a shoemaker in this place named Michael Diskin. He lived in the house where May Hunt lives now. This man used to make shoes for the people of the place. He died about 16 years ago.
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  2. Care of the Feet

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    The children leave their shoes off in Summer time. The water in which a person washes his feet is not used for anything. When a person got a new pair of shoes he rubbed castor oil on the leather to prevent it from cracking. This custom still prevails. Long ago the old men and women used to wear [?] going to the fairs and markets
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crumlin, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Daly
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crumlin, Co. Mayo