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'Odious' use of word

Sir, – As a child in Cavan in the 1950s, I remember bringing my shoes to be mended

Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00

Sir, – As a child in Cavan in the 1950s, I remember bringing my shoes to be mended. A customer remarked how “ojus teejus” is the work of a cobbler. – Yours, etc,

CLODAGH (O’CONNELL)

KINSELLA,

Foxrock Avenue, Dublin 18.