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School: Rathpeacon, Blackpool, Corcaigh (roll number 11761)

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Rathpeacon, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Beoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0389, Page 364

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  1. The Care of the Feet

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    The children around this district did not wear boots in former times until the age of ten or eleven years.
    Children do not go barefoot in the Summer time now-a-days at-all but they used to go barefoot in former times. The water used for washing the feet now is thrown out.
    There is no custom in this district in relation with the feet water.
    The people in this district do not get their boots and shoes locally because there is no shoemaker around they get them repaired in the city.
    There were three or four shoemakers around her in former times but there are no
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Browne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcully, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Abina Buckley
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    72
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Monard, Co. Cork