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School: Sráid na Cathrach (C.) (roll number 8851)

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Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0623, Page 048

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    In the olden times shoes were very seldom worn, all the people used to go barefooted except when they came to town.
    The people used never start wearing boots until they were over twenty years.
    The children nowadays are different because they wear shoes every day except sometimes the country children go barefooted in Summer.
    There were very few shoemakers in this parish in the olden times but there are alot of shoemakers around now.
    There were a great many superstitions long ago about water in which feet were washed. One is that feetwater should not
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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
    Brigid Glenny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
    Informant
    James Comyns
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare