School: Cobh Labhráis (C.) (roll number 7453)

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1. Marriage Customs (continued)

   

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   The boy and girl never went to the church together, but one went before the other. If delph was broken at the feast that would be a sign of bad luck for the newly-married persons.

   

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2. Old Houses

   

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   As far as I can ascertain the houses of this district were as a rule thatched in former times. A slated or zink roofed house was sometimes found but thatched roofed houses were more common. Oaten straw, reed and rushes were used as thatched. A bed was place near the fire in the kitchen and the eldest member of the family or a sick member slept in it. The fire-place was in the gable-wall and the front of the chimney was made of stones and mortar. The old people still tell stories of houses having no chimney but they placed a bottomless basket on the opening in the gable-wall and bound it around with straw. The people in former times had very little glass for windows and those who had none

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. residential buildings (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Julia Harrington

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Rerrin, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr John J. Harrington

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Greenane, Co. Cork