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Care of the Feet

Abstract: Story collected by Bab Warren, a student at Kilrush school (Ballynaberney, Co. Wexford) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0895/3/50

 Kilrush [Vol. 0895, Chapter 0003]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Wexford Schools

COLLECTOR
Warren, Bab 
Gender
female
Location
Raheen (Townland) 
Kilrush (Civil parish) 
Scarawalsh (Barony) 
Wexford (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

The Care of the Feet  [duchas:5006684]

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The Care of the Feet

The poor class of people did not wear boots until they were able to earn them.  Very few children go barefoot in Summer.
I do not know of anything being done with water for washing the feet except that it is thrown out.
I do not know of any custom or belief connected with it.
Sometimes boots and shoes are repaired in the home by the parents.
Clogs were worn long ago and are (rarely) still worn.  I do not know if leather was made in this district at any time and I only know of one proverb which is "There is nothing like leather.
Bab Warren.
Raheen,  Strahart

Resource description

Origin information
Ballynaberney, Co. Wexford
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 262
Volume 0895
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher C. E. Kidd.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Shoes   linked data (lcsh)
Shoes--Bróga
School location
Ballynaberney Baile na Bearna Ballynaberney Kilrush Scarawalsh Wexford
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5140751
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0895/3/50

Suggested credit
"The 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_5140751>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher C. E. Kidd.
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.

School location

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