School: Mullach, Sráid na Cathrach (roll number 3928)
- Location:
- Mullagh, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Sandair
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- Long ago people used not wear shoes until they came to the age of twenty or twenty five years.
It is customary for children nowadays to go barefoot for a portion of the year that is the months of Summer namely:- May, June and July.
It is lucky to leave the water your feet are washed in out side the door during the night and to put a coal in it in such such a way that the Sun would shine on it in the morning.
Boots are made and repaired in this district. If the upper of a boot is broken the shoemaker puts up a caoibín in it. If the sole or heel is broken he puts up a baurricín in it.
The shoemakers are not as plentiful now in this district as they were some years(continues on next page)- Collector
- Seán Ó Cillín
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowlagan, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mrs O' Dwyer
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowlagan, Co. Clare