School: Tíréaltan, Maghcromtha (roll number 13286)
- Location:
- Teerelton, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dd. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0339, Page 083
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- (continued from previous page)was a flag placed on the gable-end for a mantle-piece which was carried up to the top with mud-mortar and stone.
The majority of them were only lighted by interstices of wicker-work which was kept firm in a hole in the wall by mortar. Thatching was a great trade at that time. Every-line of thatch put on paralled with the rafter was called a "baw" and the man who could thatch so level as to conceal the dividing line between the "baws" was supposed to be competent at his trade. The fuel which was used in this part of the country was turf or faggots of furze which the poor people gathered from the fences beside their huts. The light was got from splinters made of bogdeal but those(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardaneneen, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Andrew Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 43
- Address
- Ardaneneen, Co. Cork
