School: Rathcoyle, Kiltegan
- Location:
- Rathcoyle Lower, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Aodh Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0920, Page 163
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- (continued from previous page)the work, because old people say if they did not they would take the profit of the churning with them.
Butter-milk is used for baking. bread and some of it is given to calves.
- In olden times the people lived in huts or cabins. The walls of these cabins were made of clay and stones. The fireplace was on the hearth in the end-wall of the house and a hole in the roof served as a chimney. Most of the smoke went out through the door-way. These cabins consisted of one room. The windows were often stuffed with rags.
The people used rush-candles to give light. The rush-candles were made by peeling the rush when it was dry and dipping it in grease.(continues on next page) - Informant
- Winnie Doyle
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Slievereagh Lower, Co. Wicklow
