School: The Rower (B.), Inistioge (roll number 15160)
- Location:
- The Rower, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Risteárd Ó Cuirrín
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- The houses in olden times differed greatly from the modern houses. There were no slates used then, and all the houses were thatched, not with straw, but with rushes and sedge. Sods were used to keep the thatch in place. In every house long ago there was one or more "settles" or "settle-beds" in the kitchen. This article served as a bed in the night, and as a table by days.
The fire-place in the old houses was either at the centre-wall of the house, or in(continues on next page)