School: Moynalty (C.)

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1. Old Houses (continued)

   

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   scraws. These were large surface sods cut on the bog. The windows were small and consisted of a single pane of glass.

   Light was supplied by rush or tallow candles. Tallow candles were made of a grease called tallow. For rush lights a bundle of rushes was pulled and peeled leaving a piece of the skin on one side. These were dipped in oil and burned in a special candlestick. This had a kind of pincers at the top to hold the rush light fast. One of these cadlesticks can be seen at the house of Mr T Goven Donore.

   Light was also obtained from splinters of bog deal bound round a rag dipped in oil.

   
   Furniture of olden times

   Settle bed

   The old houses had each a settle bed in the kitchen. During the day stools not in use were placed on it, and at the nightly Céilidh it was a seat and at night it served as a bed.

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   Concepta Smyth

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   J.M. Gilsenan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Billywood, Co. Meath

   Informant

   Michael Reilly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kingsfort, Co. Meath

   Informant

   Mrs Govern

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Moynalty, Co. Meath

   Informant

   T. Govern

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Donore, Co. Meath