School: Cobh Labhráis (C.) (roll number 7453)

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1. Old Houses (continued)

   

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   used fill a bag of hay and close the opening with it. In every old house there was an earthen floor and when it began to wear it was repaired with a new coat of earth. Half-doors were common long ago but to-day there are two or three to be seen in the district. Bog-turf was plentiful long ago and wood also and that was used for fire. The fir that was found in the bog was used for fire and a piece of it was used for light. Another way of showing light was the rushlight - the rush was peeled and soaked in fat. Candles were made locally and the tallow was got by the sea when some ship was wrecked.

   

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2. Old Houses

   

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   In former times mostly all the houses in the district were thatched mostly with straw and about a dozen slates and they were tied down with súgáns twisted with a "crócín" made from straw. There were a few slated with slate got near "Fiall-na-Diag" in Beare Island and more slate was got from "Snámh" near Bantry. Most of the old houses used have a bed in one side of the fire called "Réidh-Leabhaidh". The fire-place was always kept in

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   Topics

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

   Collector

   Margaret Sullivan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Rerrin, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr F. Sullivan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ardagh, Co. Cork