School: Kilcornan (roll number 2911)
- Location:
- Moig East Glebe, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Maidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0503, Page 440
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- (continued from previous page)On what occasions? - Pan-cakes on Shrove Tuesday and eggs on Easter Sunday.When was tea first used in the district?What vessels were used before cups became common? - Piggens made of timber and horn.
- Old Houses.Accounts given by the old people regarding the kinds of houses which existed in the district in former times? - They were one storey houses.Were these houses thatched or slated? - They were thatched.From where was the thatch or slate procured? From the straw of the oats and wheat and from the reed in the bogs.Had the old houses a bed in the kitchen? - yes.If so where was it placed and what was it called? - It was placed near the wall and it was called a press-bed.Was the fireplace always at the gable wall? - No. Long ago it was in the middle of the floor and there was a hole in the roof to let the smoke go out.(continues on next page)
