Pampooties are rawhide shoes, which were formerly made and worn on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Ireland.
They are formed of a single piece of untanned hide folded around the foot and stitched with twine or a leather strap.
[2] Ancient shoes found preserved from Stone Age Europe have a similar design.
[4] The name "pampootie" is of unclear origin; it may be related to Turkish papoosh, a kind of slipper.
The Aran Islanders simply called them brógaí úrleathair, "shoes of undressed leather.