School: Graughlough
- Location:
- Greaghclogh, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Mrs Wade
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- (continued from previous page)done to prevent the cake from cracking. The bread is baked in an oven of a range or stove, or beside the fire in a pot oven, and sometimes on a pan or griddle. Sweet bread is made on special occasions. Boxty bread is made for hallow's eve night. A plum pudding is generally made for Christmas.
- Most of the houses long ago were thatched with straw and sometimes rushes. These houses consisted of two rooms and one kitchen. The straw and rushes grew on the ground. There was a bed in most of the kitchens called a settlebed. It was placed at the back wall. The fireplace was always at the gable. The chimneys were made of stones and mortar and in some cases clay and wattles.
In olden times some houses had no chimney on the top.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Joe Cochrane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Greaghclogh, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Mrs T. Cochrane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Greaghclogh, Co. an Chabháin
