School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 17_027
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- Long ago the people never wore shoes until they were fourteen or fifteen years of age.
The boys used to wear clogs when they began to work out in the field. The women never wore shoes only Treithíns which are stockings without soles.
The girls never wore shoes except on Sundays and in spring-time and in harvest when they were working out in the fields.
When the weather is windy eidhireach comes on the feet.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Kearns
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Kearns
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Manulla, Co. Mayo
