School: Berrings (Measctha) (roll number 4186)
- Location:
- Berrings, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Drisceoil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0348, Page 142
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“The floors of nearly all houses in this locality at one time had earthen floors in the kitchens, and in may instances, especially in the houses of labouring men there was only an earthen floor in the bed room.”
The floors of nearly all houses in this locality at one time had earthen floors in the kitchens, and in many instances, especially in the houses of labouring men there was only an earthen floor in the one bed room. I knew when a family of 13, eleven sons, father and mother lived in such a house, and that family the father of which was a farm labourer had to exist(continues on next page)