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 153

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    trees and cut them and burned them. A splinter of bog deal, which had been steeped in fat for a few days was stuck in a turnip and was used as a light. After digging the potatoes the old people kept the stalks and left them dry. Then they were ready to be used as firing. Long ago there were no tables in houses. They stretched a cloth on the floor and ate their meals off it.
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  2. Long ago there were many houses in this district. The houses were built of mud and sods. The sods were got in bogs. The mud was also got in bogs. The sods and mud were dug with spades and slawns. The walls were made with small stones and mud mixed with water. The rood was made of sods and thatch. There
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tadg Ó Conchubhar
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolroe, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Charles Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Coolroe, Co. Kerry