School: Cooley
- Location:
- Cooly, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Beoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1116, Page 419
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- (continued from previous page)the stones are all scattered around them. It was an old custom that every person who pass these cairns are supposed to put a stone on top but no one seemed to know why the did so. Before bridges were made rivers were crossed by means of stepping stones at shallow places. The men in olden times worked at the roads getting four pence a day.
- the houses in olden times were made of stone and clay. The roof was made of ribs and wattles and scraws. It was thatched with straw. The thatch was tied down with ropes made from straw twisted with a "thranhook". The houses were all thatched in olden times. The old houses had always a bed in the kitchen. There was an out shot in the kitchen so that the bed would take up no room. The beds were usually covered in with boards. The bed was always in the corner beside the fire.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John G. Barr
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glencrow, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- William Barr
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glencrow, Co. Donegal
