School: Cobh Labhráis (C.) (roll number 7453)
- Location:
- Rerrin, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0277, Page 142
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- (continued from previous page)The boy and girl never went to the church together, but one went before the other. If delph was broken at the feast that would be a sign of bad luck for the newly-married persons.
- As far as I can ascertain the houses of this district were as a rule thatched in former times. A slated or zink roofed house was sometimes found but thatched roofed houses were more common. Oaten straw, reed and rushes were used as thatched. A bed was place near the fire in the kitchen and the eldest member of the family or a sick member slept in it.
The fire-place was in the gable-wall and the front of the chimney was made of stones and mortar. The old people still tell stories of houses having no chimney but they placed a bottomless basket on the opening in the gable-wall and bound it around with straw.
The people in former times had very little glass for windows and those who had none(continues on next page) - Collector
- Julia Harrington
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rerrin, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr John J. Harrington
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Greenane, Co. Cork
