School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)
- Location:
- Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig S. Ó Cathain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 400
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - In our district the people began to wear boots when they were twelve years old. Peggy mac Feely of Ballymagaraghy never wore shoes unless on Sunday when she was going to Mass, according to Peter Canning of Ballymagaraghy. Children go barefoot to school in summer.
The water used for washing the feet was thrown out. People say it is not lucky to throw out the water used for washing the feet after sunset, and if the feet were washed after sunset the water used was kept in the house till next morning.
Boots are repaired locally. There are four shoemakers in the district. None of their families ever worked at shoemaking before. There are more shoemakers now than in former times(continues on next page)
