School: Béal Átha Fhinghín (B.)
- Location:
- Ballineen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Beircheart Seártan
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“The chimney breast was supported by two long narrow flags projecting inward from the gable wall about 5 feet from the ground and four of five feet apart.”
(continued from previous page)The floor was of white earth beaten hard. The house was divided into two parts by a partition formed of a cupboard and a dresser between which was the doorway. The door was hung on the cupboard.
Some people had a cúb and a dresser forming the partition.
The living room was the one which gave on the open, and the other was the sleeping-room. In the kitchen there was usually a "settle bed", which formed a seat by day.
Over the door - the entrance door - was a stout stick on which the cock was placed for the night. The idea was that he would keep the fairies out.
The kind of house one would have depended a good deal on the(continues on next page)