1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Tulach an Iarainn

School: Tulach an Iarainn (roll number 1289)

Location:
Tallow, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Dhubhshláinge
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0638, Page 292

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0638, Page 292

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Tulach an Iarainn
  2. XML Page 292
  3. XML “Old Shoemakers”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Old Shoemakers

    Share Share Post
    A shoemaker here years ago never went to school. When measuring people's feet for shoes he used a piece of twine called wax end. He put a knot for the length of the foot.
    One day just for fun, some friends of his removed the knot to about two inches larger. He made a very large shoe, big enough for a giant.
    One night the shoe was stolen and it as said that the fairies took it for the 'Old Woman That Lived In A Shoe'.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
    2. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patricia Beecher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tallow, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Hurley
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Tallow, Co. Waterford