School: Cloonarrow (roll number 8376)

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1. The Lore of Certain Days (continued)

   

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   From St. Martin's day to Christmas is for killing geese and there is not any other time of the year any good for killing them. These days are called the Harvest of the geese.

   25th February 1938.

   

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2. The Care of the Feet

   

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   The people of long ago began to wear shoes when they were fourteen or fifteen years of age. I never heard of anyone who never wore shoes. Young children do not wear any shoes in Summer and many tinker children go barefoot during Winter and Summer. Mrs. Darcy told me that the old people threw the water with which they washed their feet under a hedge.
   Almost everyone can repair shoes in my district but nobody can make them. Mrs. Darcy told me that Christopher Garvey who lives in Killgariff made shoes for the people of my district. The shoes were

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Tess Beirne

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloonsheever, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Mrs Darcy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloonsheever, Co. Roscommon