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School: Mín a Ghabhann (Meenagowan) (roll number 16823)

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Mín an Ghabhann, Co. Donegal
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Séamus Ó Glacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1054B, Page 06_048

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    The people long ago did not know much about shoes. They would be big boys when they wore shoes. It was Maircíns they wore up till that and then they would go away and earn the price of a pair of shoes. The water they wash their feet in they always would say that the water they would boil the potatoes
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Ní Méallaigh
    Other names
    Anna Ní Méallaigh
    Annie Melley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Raithnigh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Annie Melley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Raithnigh, Co. Donegal