School: The Rower (C.), Inistioge (roll number 15161)

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   “In the olden times all the houses were thatched with straw or rushes.”

   

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   In the olden times all the houses were thatched with straw or rushes. They get straw and make fangles of it. It is then put on in strickes and sowed on with a sugán made with hay. That will continue until the roof is finished They then throw water on it. The top is done by means of twisting the fangle in the middle and bending it over on both sides. The roof is made first with poles. They are light poles called runners. They are left across the poles which form the roof these are covered over with thin sods of turf.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
   2. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. residential buildings (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Margaret Fleming

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Coolhill, Co. Kilkenny

   Informant

   Patrick Fleming

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 50

   Address

   Coolhill, Co. Kilkenny