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School: Carnamoyle (roll number 7344)

Location:
Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Hugh McKee Fleck
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1114, Page 29

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  1. The Care of the Feet

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    They began to wear boots in former times when they were grown up. When they were going to Derry they tied the laces together and took the boots around their necks, and when they went to Teenan's Corner they sat down and put on their boots. The children go barefoot in summer at present. Boots and shoes are not made locally. There is no shoemaker in this district, there was one many years ago. The nearest shoemaker is in the village of Muff, about two miles from this school. The reason why there are not so many shoemakers now as there were in former times is that in former times the people had to get their boots made with
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Daniel Rutherford
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tearry, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    James Mc Ivor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Winifred Rutherfors
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    47
    Address
    Tearry, Co. Donegal