School: Fothanach (roll number 7980)

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1. The Care of the Feet (continued)

   

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   3. Boots are made in the district and the shoemaker's name is Johnny Murray. He lives in Ahascragh. His father and grandfather made shoes, and boots and repaired them. Clogs are made in the district. Michael Lally and his brother of Bullaban make clogs. These two men are called "the Clogger Lally's. The clogs are timber with tips on the toes and heels, they are very strong.
   4. Everyone used wear shoes in Winter and no one in the Summer except the men who could not walk on clay without them. When shoes came first there was no difference between the right and the left shoe. There was a shoemaker in this district named Michael Burke. He used buy the leather himself. Clogs were worn in this district fifty years ago. They had timber soles and strong leather uppers. They were lined with thick soft cloth. It is an old saying that if you threw out the water in which you washed your feet and one of the family on a journey the person would go astray. Another saying was if you left the water in the house overnight the devil would stay there too.

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
         1. shoes (~1,841)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridie Cahill

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lisnascreena, Co. Galway

   Collector

   James Kenny

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Callow, Co. Galway

   Collector

   Mrs Sweeney

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Fohanagh, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mrs Cahill

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lisnascreena, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Thomas Kenny

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Callow, Co. Galway