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Care of the Feet

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

 Béal Átha Gabhann (Silvermines), Nenagh [Vol. 0537, Chapter 0005]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Tipperary Schools

COLLECTOR
Grace, Tom 
Gender
male
Location
Kilmore (Civil parish) 
Ormond Upper (Barony) 
Tipperary (County) 
INFORMANT
Grace, Mr Michael 
Gender
male
Age
58
Location
Kilmore (Civil parish) 
Ormond Upper (Barony) 
Tipperary (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

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.

Resource description

Origin information
Silvermines, Co. Tipperary
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 225
Volume 0537
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Pádraig Ó Floinn.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Shoes   linked data (lcsh)
Shoes--Bróga
Clothing and dress   linked data (lcsh)
Clothing and accessories--Éadaí agus suaitheantais
Informant location
Silvermines Béal Átha Gabhann Silvermines Kilmore Ormond Upper Tipperary
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5017164
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0537/5/45

Suggested credit
"Care of the Feet"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5017164>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Pádraig Ó Floinn.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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