School: Tuairín Chathail (C.) (roll number 11181)
- Location:
- Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Síghle Ní Shíothcháin
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- (continued from previous page)place for tanning leather at that time was the tan yard in Killarney.
In those days leather was much cheaper than it is now as there were then no tariffs.
It was all a home industry.
The feet were not covered with sheep skin but with leather boots.
Long ago there was a poor travelling man in this district who never wore shoes or boots.
They say is feet got so swoolen from the weather that they became quite hard and that he used never feel cold. Many people never(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eily Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Reanasup, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Ellie Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Reanasup, Co. Kerry