School: Scairt (C.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4127)
- Location:
- Scart, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mrs R. Eager
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- (continued from previous page)There is a man near Kildorrey who was blind and he went every morning to the well and washed his eyes in the water and said the Rosary. He did this for a long time and he was cured at last.
Informant: Mr. N Dwane - The houses of now a days and of long ago differ greatly. The old houses were thatched sometimes with wheaten straw or rushes. The rushes were not very good for they let in the rain.
A bed was usually in the kitchen. This was used as a seat in day time and a bed during the night. This had to be because there was only one room in the house which was a bed-room at night and a kitchen by day. This bed is called a settle bed. It was generally pulled(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Regan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Ellen Magnier
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 87
- Address
- Ballyvisteen, Co. Cork