School: Dooroc, Drumlish (roll number 13438)

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1. Care of the Feet (continued)

   

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   From children starts to walk they wear boots. In the Summer children go barefooted and in Winter they wear boots and stockings. It is very good to bathe your feet in hot water for a cold.
   The names of the shoemakers in my district are, Patrick Dowd, Pat Maguire, and Miss Bessie Molloy. People still wear clogs. Clogs are made from wood and leather. Patrick Dowd charges money for cobbing but Pat Maguire or Bessie Molloy does not charge.

   

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2. Care of the Feet

   

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   Some people wear no boots in Summer. The water that the feet is washed in is used for nothing. Boots are mended in my townland by a number of people. Some of them charge a shilling for putting on a pair of soles on boots. Clogs are woren

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maggie Lynch

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   12

   Address

   Dúlrac, Co. an Longfoirt

   Informant

   Mr Patrick Lynch

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   57

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Dúlrac, Co. an Longfoirt