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School: Tairbeart (C.)

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Tarbert, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chonaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0404, Page 126

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    ago there were nine or ten shoe makers here. Boots are made and repaired in factories now. Shoemaking was a tradition in the families of the former shoe makers. Most shoe-makers are men with weak feet and some are dumb.
    The soles of clogs were made in the wood near by. Mr. Collis owned it at that time but it is now owned by Mr. Foley. The men who made the soles bought alder trees from Mr. Collis and got leave to build a hut in the wood. Alder was the wood used for the soles of the clogs. Some of the soles were sent to England.
    Shoes are principally made
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tieraclea Lower, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    55
    Address
    Tieraclea Lower, Co. Kerry