School: Lios Uí Chearbhaill (B.), Malla (roll number 12015)
- Location:
- Liscarroll, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Conchobhar Ó Murchadha
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0367, Page 066
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- In olden times the houses the people had were covered with thatch or boards. When the houses were covered with boards the boards were lying crosswise, and one side of every board was upon the side of the next board so as to overlap. The people that time had no rooms but they had one big kitchen and the people had no iron beds but they had timber beds called camp beds. There was a big hood in these beds and there was a big cloth hung round them so that they could not be seen at all[?] The light the people had in olden times was bog-deal and some of them had a little lamp. When they were making the lamp they got a small bottle and then got a reel and pared one end of it and put it down into the jowl of the bottle. Then they got a bit of tin and made a barrel of it and put it into the hole in the reel. They made a wick of cotton thread and they pulled it down through the barrel and left a small piece of it over the barrel. The(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Denis Browne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockardbane, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Denis Browne Sr
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Knockardbane, Co. Cork
