School: Brughtheine (B.), Malla
- Location:
- Churchtown, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Tighearnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0368, Page 061
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“Long ago it was very hard for people to do anything during the night owing to bad light.”
Long ago it was very hard for people to do anything during the night owing to bad light. They had no machinery of any kind.
About two hundred years ago the light was made in this manner. The article which held the light was called the cresset. It was about nine inches long and was the shape of a boat. It had two lips one at each end. It had three iron legs. First the cresset was filled with oil. Then a piece of cotton or a withered rush was passed over each lip with its ends in the oil. The cresset was then put on the window.
- Collector
- Matthew Coghlan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Annagh South, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr John Coghlan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Annagh South, Co. Cork