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School: Carnamoyle (roll number 7344)

Location:
Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Hugh Mc Kee Fleck
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 541

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 541

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  1. The Care of the Feet (continued)

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    Boots are not repaired locally the shoemaker we have nearest to us is in the village of Muff, two miles from Carnamoyle N.S. There were some shoemakers in this district in former times, but there are none in it now. The reason is, it is much cheaper for the people to buy the boots and shoes in shops. Some people wore clogs years ago, but there are very few worn now. There was leather tanned in Muff over one hundred years ago.
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  2. The Care of the Feet

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    The people in former times never wore boots till they were eighteen or nineteen years of age. When they were going to Derry or any other place they carried their boots in their hand till they came very near to the place they were going they put them on then, and
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Grant
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Grant
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal