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School: Machaire

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Magherintemple, Co. Cavan
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Mary Ó Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1023, Page 131

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  1. Care of the Feet

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    Care of the Feet
    In former days people were fully grown before they wore boots or shoes. Even then the people only wore them on very important occasions. They carried them on their arm to the end of the journey then they put them on.
    There are no shoemakers in the district now, but there were long ago. The boot factory has taken the place of the shoemakers.
    There is a man in the district named George Faulkner who makes "clogs". These are leather tops with wooden soles. Most of the country folk wear these "clogs".
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ethel Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumacleeskin, Co. Cavan