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School: Tairbeart (C.)

Location:
Tarbert, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chonaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0404, Page 124

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  1. The Care of the Feet

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    People in this locality in former times did not wear boots or shoes. People who are now about seventy years old remember getting their first pair of boots. People did not wear them till they began to go to Mass and some people did not wear any until they were getting married.
    Many people went to Mass and to town bare-foot. They took their boots in their
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    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
    Rita Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tieraclea Lower, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    55
    Address
    Tieraclea Lower, Co. Kerry