School: Cartrún
- Location:
- Cartronavally, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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- A sweat house
Some sixty or seventy years ago the people had great belief in the efficiency of taking a sweat for the cure of rheumatism; and for this reason "sweat-houses" were constructed. They were made of bricks, and were generally built into a bank, there were no chimneys or windows in these quaint domiciles.
A person requiring a sweat sent word to the owner of the sweat-house, and immediately a huge fire was put down and the door of the sweat-house closed. When the house was thoroughly heated the fire was taken away. Each person brought a leaf of cabbage and put(continues on next page)- Collector
- John Guihen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cartron Beg, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Myles Mc Morrow
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Cartron Beg, Co. Roscommon