School: Cnoc an Éin, Cuinche
- Location:
- Cnoc an Éin, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhraonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0595, Page 118
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the kitchen.They were down near the fire.One kind of bed was called a settle-bed.The people slept in the beds.The hearth was against the gable -end .There was no chimney in the houses of long ago.Later on the chimneys were made of timber.I do not know whether the old people remember a fire in the middle of the floor or not.there was only one door in the houses long ago.The doors were fastened with a latch.I do not know how many windows were in the houses long ago.The floor was made of mortar.There were half -doors in every house.They used timber as fuel.Candles were not made in the district.i do not know of any other(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tilly Mc Donnell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Tuairín, Co. an Chláir
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Donnell
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Tuairín, Co. an Chláir
