School: An Gleantán, Lombardstown

Location:
Glantane, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Colmáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0362, Page 262

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  1. Besides the settle which was kept in the kitchen, those who could afford to have a parlour or sitting room often had a "press-bed" in it, which while made on much the same principle as the settle, looked, when folded up, like a wardrobe of the present day.
    But the kind of bedstead which was most common was the "tester bed" the frame and canopy of which were of timber. Instead of a mattress resting on a spring as nowadays there was a feather or chaff-filled tick supported by a layer of straw, and it was the custom of the farmers after threshing to offer their poorer neighbours a supply of fresh straw and chaff for the beds.
    The usual kitchen furniture in a labourer's or small farmer's house consisted of a deal table, a few sugan-bottomed chairs and a dresser for the ware. Those who lived within a reasonable distance of a peat bog always tried to have a rick of turf for fuel, and this was often suppli-
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Shíothcháin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Brittas, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Coleman
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortmolire, Co. Cork