School: Carraig Thuathail (B.)
- Location:
- Carrigtohill, Co. Cork
- Teacher: John Bowdren
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0385, Page 141
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- (continued from previous page)a measure a small drop may fall out of it. People generally give a small drop with the measure which is called a thilley or a "sup for the cat."
- There were sixteen old houses in Woodstock, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork long ago. You can see the ruins of seven. There were seven thatched houses and three slated and I do not know what covering was on the six others. They used get the thatch from wheaten straw. I do not know where the slate was got. They had a bed in the kitchen called a settle. The settle used be put by the side wall. A second one was called a cud. There was a special place built for the cud. On top of one wall of the hall there is a shelf so that you could put boards from that shelf to the other wall and then make a bed on top of the boards. Another one was called a press. The press is a thing like a bed and you can fold it up and close two doors and it will look like a press. The fire-place used be at the gable-end and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lawrence Cotter
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Woodstock, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Lawrence Cotter
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Woodstock, Co. Cork
