School: Desart, Cill Choinnigh (roll number 3839)
- Location:
- Ballymack (Desart), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Mary Commins
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0854, Page 134
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- Houses were thatched and the straw was got from the wheat that was grown.
They used to have a settle-bed in the kitchen It was placed in the corner.
The fire-place was mostly at the gable-wall. The front of the chimney was made of clay and wattles. There were several houses in the district with no chimney.
Floor were made of clay and half-doors were very common.
Wood and colm balls were used as firing Dips were used to give light
Tallow candles were made in Callan about a hundred years ago.
