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School: Achadh na Sealbhaighe (roll number 15344)

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Aghnashalvy, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
T. Maguidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0952, Page 055

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    by two persons by means of long poles prepared for the purpose and passed under the hooks.
    We have still a shoe-maker in every district but his work at present does not consist so much in the making of new shoes as formerly but in the repair of worn or partially worn ones. This was not so some years ago as most of the boots or shoes worn by the people were made at home and these being of a more lasting kind than the machine-made type worn at present, they were frequently repaired a very radical and somewhat expensive kind of repair being what was locally called "vamping and soling". When this type of repair was carried out on a pair of home-made or market (i.e. machine-made) boots as the ready-made kind
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Maguire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryartry, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Thomas Maguire
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    56
    Address
    Derryartry, Co. Monaghan