School: Derryhanee (roll number 16228)
- Location:
- Derryhanee, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mrs B. Wilkinson
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- Eileen Mac Donald
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Termonbarry, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Pat Navin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Lack, Co. Roscommon
- Long ago some people did not wear boots until they were sixteen or seventeen years of age. Others did not wear any at all. The children in this district go barefoot in the summer. Long ago the people washed their feet with soap and water. When washed, they left a piece of soap on the ground for the fairies lest they would come that night and steal all the soap. There are no shoemakers in(continues on next page)
