School: Cluain Uí Chuinn (roll number 5844)

Location:
Cloonyquin, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Mac Floinn
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  1. Thirty years ago every country house in this district had as its equipment
    1. Long stool polished white which served as a table often.
    2. Noggins or drinking vessels made by the cooper with one stave higher to act as handle. It held about 3/4 of a pint. It was shaped like a little churn of the old style, being made of staves and bound with split sally rods (diagram).
    3. The gridiron (diagram) for baking sat cakes before the fire.
    4. The candlestick made of iron to hold either a candle or a rushlight made something like this (diagram showing rivet). One side acted like a pincers to hold the rushlight.
    5. A Besom made of heath from the bog.
    6. A "sugan chair" for the old people made of hay ropes wound on timber. It was something similar to parlour suite chairs in shape, low and comfortable.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
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