1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Tamhnaighe an Fheadha

School: Tamhnaighe an Fheadha (roll number 12938)

Location:
Tawnyinah Lower, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Lúcás Mac Énrí
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0116, Page 57

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0116, Page 57

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Tamhnaighe an Fheadha
  2. XML Page 57
  3. XML “Old Houses”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Old Houses (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    they used large flag stones. They used the same firewood as people do now. The beds that were used were wooden and they were placed in “hags” and “nookeens” cut out in the walls and they also used settle beds. These were large wooden boxes with lids and they used them as tables in the daytime. Before oil was introduced they pulled rushes and peeled them and dipped them in grease and in summer time the gathered bog deal and split it in little pieces and they stored them up for the winter on lofts which they had and then in the long winter nights they lighted them for candles.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tommie Doherty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lurga Upper, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Doherty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lurga Upper, Co. Mayo