School: Gleann Doire (C.) (roll number 10404)
- Location:
- Glenderry, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Cáit Bean Uí Gléathabhúir
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0417D, Page 01_034
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- The houses of long ago were very different to the houses of the present day. They were built of stones and mud and had only a kitchen and one room at the other side of the fire and sometimes they had a bed in the kitchen and they called it the "settlebed".
By day they made it a stool and at night it was a bed, it was always at one side of the house.
The furniture of the kitchen consisted of a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eily Godley
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Godley
- Gender
- Female
