School: Greenan's Cross (roll number 15687)
- Location:
- Lecklevera, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: J. Gavan
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0950, Page 512
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- (continued from previous page)candles was, they got rushes and tied them in bundles and hung them up to dry; when the rushes were dry they peeled them and then they had a small trough and they melted the grease into the trough and stuck the rushes into the grease and hung them up to dry and when they were dry they made a good candle.
In old houses long ago there was, what was known as the "ash" hole; the ash hole was a hole in the corner, this hole was about ten inches deep; Along with the ash hole was the "cran" crook; before the cran crook was a beam. The pots were hung from the beam; the beam rested on each side of the fire.
The pots they had were a small pot for making supper; they had a larger pot called the middling pot and it was for boiling the the dinner.
(Phil Corr)(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Phil Corr
- Gender
- Male
