School: Páirc na gCrann (roll number 16042)
- Location:
- Woodfield, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cearnaigh
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- (continued from previous page)was not very good leather, but they made their own shoes from it. When their cows died the hide was taken off them and then it was cleaned carefully and was put into water to soften. Then it was taken out and made into shoes. The old people were very good at thatching and were very neat workers. They also made their own sheets from flax.
- Collector
- Máiréad Nic Giolla Pádhraig
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Rinn, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Patrick Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 61
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Rinn, Co. Mayo