School: Brughtheine (B.), Malla

Location:
Churchtown, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Tighearnaigh
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    We are now living in a slated house but the old thatched house where my father was born is still standing.

    We are now living in a slated house but the old thatched house where my father was born is still standing.
    We still prepare the food for calves and pigs in the old kitchen where a bellows has been put in.
    The quarter of beef to keep away the Blackquarter is still to be seen almost hidden in the soot in the chimney.
    There was a trap door in the ceiling of one room and in the attic above can still be seen a piece of timer roughly cut to form a kind of arch. [drawing on page]
    There is a doubled sougán tied round the middle of it and also round one of the rafters.
    Nobody now knows what use was made of it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Matthew Coghlan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Annagh South, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr John Coughlan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Annagh South, Co. Cork