School: Lúbán Díge (Bodyke)
- Location:
- Bodyke, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Chadhla
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- (continued from previous page)was taken to throw out the water after using it in washing the feet. It was supposed that some ill luck would happen if the water were left inside. That is so at present too.
I remember we had a maid 50 years ago and she told us the house should be perfectly clean, the kitchen she meant - chairs in their places. no pots in the middle of the floor and the "feet water" thrown out so that nothing would stop the "good people" from coming in.
The word "Taoibhín" is quite common:
children barefooted often suffered from Bhonn Leac "Peidhre top cups."
Near the village of Bodyke, there is a large stone called "The Cobblers Rock." Tradition had it that a cobbler mended shoes on the rock. Nobody touched it. They used to say a spirit or ghost used be seen there often and people used be afraid to pass late at night.
Children go barefoot in Summer and it is a great relief to the school both for cleanliness and quietness. Parents believe in getting shoes two sizes bigger than the correct fit.
They are all careful to have good strong shoes on the children coming to school. We encourage this as the children are sure to have dry feet in school.
