School: Borris (C.)
- Location:
- Borris, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Bean Uí Loinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 529
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- (continued from previous page)neighbouring house for "The seed of a fire" that is for a little piece of red-hot fire. Furze-bushes & timber were also used as fuel.
In some old houses a bed screened by curtains was to be seen in the kitchen but as a rule it was hidden behind a timber partition. A Settle-bed which could be used as seat by day and a bed by night, formed part of the furniture of almost every farmhouse kitchen.
Rushes dipped in grease or bog-deal split in splinters provided artificial light in bygone days. Then penny paraffin oil lamps known as "Hot-lamps" were used and later on Tallow candles were introduced. Moloneys of Borris were Chandlers and did a great trade in "Penny Dips".
There are not many thatched houses in the neighbourhood at present they are being gradually replaced by fine slated or tiled houses.
Two very old & fine thatched farm houses are Rice's of Cloonagoose and Hatton's of Ballytiglea.
- Collector
- Nancy Quinn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Borris, Co. Carlow
