School: Trinity (roll number 2311)
- Location:
- Tincurra, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Mrs Dereveux
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0883, Page 166
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- The walls of the houses which existed in former times were made of mud. The roofs were thatched. There was a bed in the kitchen beside the fire-place known as a "settle bed." The fire place was built in the gable wall and in some of the houses it was built in the middle wall.
Most of the chimneys were made of wattles, few of stone; many of these houses had no chimneys at all, a hole in the roof served as an outlet for the smoke.The floors were made of clay and half-doors were common. Half-doors are still to be found in the district.Coal + furze were the chief fire materials.Rush lights and dips served as a light at night-time. The rush was dipped in lard or tallow. It is told of one woman who used an oyster shell filled with lard with a piece of rag in the centre for a wick which served her for a night light. Candles were made in the farmer's houses when a pig was killed. The fat of the pig was(continues on next page)
