School: Irishtown
- Location:
- Milltown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Margaret McNally
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- Folklore
Old Craft. Shoe Maker
About half a mile from my house there is a large stone called the casayre. Long ago an old shoemaker used to work there and he made and mended boots for the people.
He lived in a small hut which he made himself but he never worked in it. This man had all his tools in a hold which he made beside the stone, and he had a cover over it.
It is said that the tools are still in the ground- Collector
- Phyllis Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Irishtown, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Patrick Martin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Occupation
- Pensioner