School: Loughteague, Stradbally (roll number 6129)

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1. Food in Farmhouse (continued)

   

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   Furniture -
   1.
   A great big table, scoured regularly and kept shining, under the window at front wall.
   2. Settle - bed at back wall near the fire
   3. Bin (for holding flour & meal with shelf for smaller things) near back-door at end of settle-bed / Dresser stood at cross wall opp. fireplace.
   4. Dresser with four open shelves on top.
   Filled with pewter plates & noggins.
   Delph plates - a dozen or so - laid at end.
   A couple of delph dishes were left at side of bin or maybe inside it.
   Four brass candlesticks stood on board over fireplace.
   Delph cups, saucers, mugs & jugs kept on bed of dresser.
   Bottom of dresser was open at both sides and you could put in a pot or things like that.
   Long ago the geese or hens used to be put hatching in this part of the dresser, and was done at this time - 50 years ago.
   No drawers in dresser only mock - drawers.
   A little board stretched down the centre of this bottom part of dresser but there was no press or shelf behind it - it was quite open.
   Knives & forks were kept in a knife - box on top of bin. Spoons were slipped into a special groove made by nailing a band of leather to shelf of dresser.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Rody Delaney

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Park, Co. Laois