School: Rathdowney (B.) (roll number 15595)
- Location:
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Teacher: P. Ó Héigceartaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0828, Page 024
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Rathdowney (B.)
- XML Page 024
- XML “Old Houses”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Long ago the roofs of the houses were made of sedge, sticks and rushes and they were stuck together with mud. I was up in Mrs Despard's house the other night and there is only one room in it, The floor is made of clay and the fire was on the hearth and they were burning wood and turf. There was a big wide chimney on it and they baked the bread upon a griddle. The bed was in the farthest corner of the kitchen and there is a roof on the top of it and it is made of wood and covered over straw. Long ago the people made their own candles and they were mad of fat and cotton thread.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Willie Whelan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mr Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Coolkerry, Co. Laois
