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1. The Care of the Feet (continued)

   

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   and they are repaired locally.
   There are no shoemakers in this district.
   Clogs were worn locally but they were not made locally. And some people wear clogs yet.
   Some of the people long ago wore untanned hide for boots.
   There was a man living in Letterkenny called Robert Dobson and he died before last Christmas. He spent his life, and made his fortune, making clogs, and was locally known as the "Clog-man".

   

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2. The Care of the Feet

   

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   Long ago people did not wear boots until they were seventeen or eighteen years of age. There was a woman who lived in this district and she

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   Topics

   1. earraí
      1. éadaí agus suaitheantais (~2,403)
         1. bróga (~1,841)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Hannigan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gortnacorrib, Co. Dhún na nGall

   Informant

   Mrs G. Hannigan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   55

   Address

   Gortnacorrib, Co. Dhún na nGall