School: An Chúil Árd (roll number 12587)
- Location:
- Coolard, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Seán Ó Duilleáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0401, Page 233
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- The houses that were there long ago were thatched. They used to thatch them with rushes or straw. Long ago the people used to have no windows except two small panes of glass because there was the tax on the panes of glass. There used to be a bed in the kitchen long ago. This was called a settle bed. The lights they used to have were bog-deal splinters, but the farmers who used to have a lot of cows or sheep used to keep the fat of the sheep and make candles out of it. These were called "dips". They also saved the rushes and seasoned them and dipped them in tallow as lights. The floors used be made of mud or paved. In the winter long ago the people used bring in the cows and keep them within until the summer. The fire used be at the gable end of the house.
- Long ago the dwelling houses in my district were made of mud. The walls and the floor were made of mud and they were thatched with straw. The fires used to be at the gable end. All settle beds that were used. They used to be in the corner near the fire. There were no chimneys in the houses and the smoke used to go out through the thatch. When the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Bunyan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockenagh North, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Maurice Bunyan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Knockenagh North, Co. Kerry
