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   Old coats were used as a blanket. This was (used (as a) the bed provided for the unfortunate creatures. They often had to wrap their heads in rags to prevent the cock-roaches,which swarmed the floor at night, from creeping into their ears.

   Turf and brosna were used to make fires, but in order to spare the turf they took in dried cow-manure and burned it. The fire-place was called the teinteán. On one side of the hop there was a hole, where the fear- a tige kept dúidín.

   For a lamp an ink-bottle was used in which a strip of corduroy was burned as a wick. A pint of oil lasted for the winter but the ink bottle was hidden on Candlemas Day.

   There was an old house in Annagh, Corrigeenroe which consisted of one rickety room, where a man, his wife and eleven children slept in a shake-down.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. residential buildings (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bellinda Molloy

   Gender

   Female

   Occupation

   Pupil

   Address

   Derreenargan, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Pádhraic Ó Fionnáin

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Teacher

   Address

   Derreenargan, Co. Roscommon