School: Aghadachor (Aghador)

Location:
Aghadachor, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire T. Ní Bhréasláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1078, Page 56

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1078, Page 56

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  1. There is a woman named Lily Wilkin in Umerfad who never shoes either in summer or winter. The children do not wear shoes in the summer.
    The shoes worn now are made of leather but long ago they were made of wood and were called clogs. When you were walking you had to lift your feet up high and very straight and you could not bend your feet.
    Some shoes were made in this district. There is a shoemaker in Creeslough called Willie McLafferty. He mends shoes, puts on half soles and heels and patches the uppers.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Coyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kill, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Patrick Coyle
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    82
    Address
    Kill, Co. Donegal