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School: Tuairín Chathail (C.) (roll number 11181)

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Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0453, Page 291

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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
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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
    Eily Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Reanasup, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Ellie Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    48
    Address
    Reanasup, Co. Kerry