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School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)

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Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 414

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  2. The Care of the Feet

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    Boots are repaired in my district by a young man named George Mitchell. He is not a shoemaker by trade but repairs boots for neighbours. He is the only one that does so in my district. The scarcity of shoemakers is due I suppose to the fact that there are boot factories in Ireland now. Up to the present clogs are worn by some old people. In Summer the children do not wear boots but I
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