Abstract: Story collected by Tom Grace, a student at Béal Átha Gabhann (Silvermines), Nenagh school (Silvermines, Co. Tipperary) from informant Mr Michael Grace.
Original reference: 0537/5/45
School Béal Átha Gabhann (Silvermines), Nenagh [Vol. 0537, Chapter 0005]
County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Tipperary Schools
Care of the Feet [duchas:4856391]
Long ago the people used to wear no boots unless on a Sunday. They used to wear clogs made of timber but now they wear boots made of leather. The boys and sometimes the girls go bare-footed in the summer and in the nights when they was their feet the water must be thrown out if they did not the old people say the good people would come and drink it. In every house there should be a bucket of fresh water. If you had soft feet walk in the mud or in tehbottom of a river and it would make them hard.
Original reference: 0537/5/45
Care of the Feet
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