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1. The Care of the Feet (continued)

   

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   factories are sold in shops. The boot Shops in Cootehill are Eakins, McCuthcheons, Gargains, Blessings and Campbell's. The boots that are bought from the shops are far cheaper than the ones made at home.
   There was a tan-yard in cootehill, the owner of it was Miss Adams, and a child of the town got drowned in one of them and they were closed up because they were to dangerous to the children of the town. There is a sort of foot wear with wooden soles called clogs and they are very warm and you never take a cold or have a tooth ache while you have them on your feet.

   

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2. Local Place Names

   

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   The townland in which I live in is called Drumerkillew. There are quite a number of farms in the town-land. There are twelve fields in my farm, and a number of waste rocks. The names of some places are "Poulla Thormin" (The hole of the

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Location

   Drumerkillew, Co. Cavan

   Collector

   Olive Ebbitt

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drumerkillew, Co. Cavan