School: Brughtheine (B.), Malla
- Location:
- Churchtown, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Tighearnaigh
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“If a man was going on a journey and he wanted to light his pipe, he just called into the next house and got a light from the fire.”
If a man was going on a journey and he wanted to light his pipe, he just called into the next house and got a light from the fire. When the men were working in a field far away from any house they carried a lighting sod of turf with them. They stuck it on a stick at the top of the field for the lighting of their pipes. The breeze kept the sod lighting and when it was nearly out another half sod was put in its place. It was called a cireán.
- Collector
- Patrick Irwin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Annagh South, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr James Irwin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Annagh South, Co. Cork