School: Scairt (C.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4127)

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1. Farahy Well (continued)

   

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   There is a man near Kildorrey who was blind and he went every morning to the well and washed his eyes in the water and said the Rosary. He did this for a long time and he was cured at last.

   
   Informant: Mr. N Dwane

   

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2. Old Houses

   

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   The houses of now a days and of long ago differ greatly. The old houses were thatched sometimes with wheaten straw or rushes. The rushes were not very good for they let in the rain. A bed was usually in the kitchen. This was used as a seat in day time and a bed during the night. This had to be because there was only one room in the house which was a bed-room at night and a kitchen by day. This bed is called a settle bed. It was generally pulled

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. residential buildings (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Regan

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs Ellen Magnier

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   87

   Address

   Ballyvisteen, Co. Cork