School: Irishtown
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- Folklore. Old Crafts
Shoe MakerAbout a mile from my house in a field owned by Major Roche-Kelly there are the ruins of an old house. Long ago there lived in it a man named Billy Gallagher. He used to make boots and clogs for the people of the district. His fee was four shillings for making a pair of clogs for a man. Three shillings for making a pair of clogs for a a woman and two shillings for making a pair of clogs for a child under twelve years.
He charged more for making boots. Five shillings for making a pair of boots for a man. Four shillings for making a pair of women's' boots and three shillings for making a pair of boots for a child under twelve years.- Collector
- Maureen Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Irishtown, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Thomas Mullally
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 61
- Address
- Moyvore, Co. Westmeath