School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)
- Location:
- Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás de Búrca
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- (continued from previous page)formerly, nearly every house had a half door to it. For the fire they used burn turf and wood and bushes. A rush dipped in tallow was the means of giving light that they had. Candles were made locally in former times.
- The houses in former times in this district were small thatched houses. They were thatched with straw by thatchers. All these old houses had a bed in the kitchen. It was usually placed near the fire. It was called a nettle bed. It could be folded up in the day(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Bourke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cullahill, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Patrick Bourke
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Cullahill, Co. Tipperary