School: St. Jame's Well (roll number 14192)
- Location:
- Carrowmore, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: S. Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0181, Page 125
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- (continued from previous page)found still. They used to burn turf and sticks. They used to make rush candles and light them when they were needed.
- most of the old houses were built of mud and clay. The houses were all thatched. The thatch were procured from mushes and straw. There used to be a bed in the corner of the kitchen called a pouch bed. The people always had the fire at the gable, they never had it on the (the) middle of the floor. The people used to have only one window in the house and no glass in it, they used to have mats and bags in the window in place of the glass. Turf and wood was what they mostly used. They used to make a lot of rush candles, and they used to have them when they were needed.
- Collector
- Christy Fowley
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr Paul Mulvaney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrownadargny, Co. Sligo
