School: Kilbonane, Lios an Phúca (Beaufort) (roll number 5482)
- Location:
- Kilbonane, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0458, Page 152
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- (continued from previous page)the half-door only was closed. Long ago there were no windows but holes in the walls. In bad weather the holes were closed with rags.
- The houses long ago were small houses built with mud and stones. They were thatched with straw. The bed was in the corner of the house. The owners of the house slept in it. Long ago people kept the horses and pigs in the houses. The old people had the fires in the middle of the floors and the smoke came out through a hole in the roof. The houses long ago had only one window and one door. There was no glass in the windows but a bag of straw was stuffed in the holes. The floors were made of clay and stones. The old people used wood for firing. They got(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pádraig Ó Roibéard
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballymalis, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Frank Roberts
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Ballymalis, Co. Kerry
