School: Ráth na Loch (C.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 17000)
- Location:
- Ranalough, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Aodhgáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0446, Page 140
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- (continued from previous page)A young couple often got married in the morning with no house to live in and the wedding party comprising the two crowds would have the house built and finished ready to live in that night.
There was always a bed in the kitchen called a settle bed placed against the side wall. This was closed up during the day and served as a rest or a seat for other things. There were houses in Ballybeg and Dromulton, just one roomed houses with no window.
The floors were made of mud generally or flags sometimes.
Turf was, and is plentiful in this district and was the chief means of fuel.
Candles made from fat of goats and other animals made at home served as the (give) chief means of giving light, and also bog-splinters.
- Collector
- Joan Foley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Currabanefield, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- John Foley
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Currabanefield, Co. Kerry
