School: Leatbeg (roll number 16146)
- Location:
- Leat Beg, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mrs Peoples
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- (continued from previous page)was about four inches square.
In olden times there was a large door on the house and outside that a half door. Half doors were chiefly used to keep out chickens.
The people in olden times burned peats and fir.
For light at night they put a big block of fir in the fire. When they went out to the out houses they lit a 'space' of fir in the fire and carried it with them. Later on they started to use candles called tallow sluts for lights.
Thomas Gallagher. Tully, Carrigart, Lifford. Told to me by Jeamie Gallager, Tully, Carrigart, Lifford. A Farmer. Born and reared in Tully. Spent part of his life in Scotland. Age 53 years.
- Collector
- Thomas Gallagher
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Jeamie Gallagher
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Occupation
- Farmer
