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School: Mionloch (C) (roll number 8800)

Location:
Menlough, Co. Galway
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Bean Uí Oisín Bean Uí Dhubhagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 075

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    used not be tanned, they used to put it down in a pit of water for a few weeks to freeze, and when it was frozen they would make shoes out of it.
    This work used to be carried on throughout Ireland and chiefly in this district.
    It was kept up until about one hundred years ago.
    Tessie Burke,
    Menlough G.N.S.
    Told by:-
    Thomas Burke,
    Grallagh,
    Menlough.
    aged 65 years
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tessa Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65