School: Donore (roll number 6668)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Nic Eóin
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- Old Furniture and Household utensils
The Settle Bed is a very old piece of furniture. Long ago they could be found in almost every farmhouse. During the day the settle bed was used as a seat, and at night when opened was used as a bed. - Settle-beds were used very much long ago. They were kept in the kitchen, and were very useful, because they could be used as seats during the day.
- Collector
- Frances O' Toole
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Annie O' Toole
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Donore, Co. Meath
- One of the things very rarely used now is the settle-bed. It was greatly used by the people long ago. It was very useful being used as a seat during the day and a bed at night. When opened out it had a wooden bottom and a tick used to be put into it.
Chaff ticks were mostly used long ago. - Besoms were used long ago instead of brooms or brushes. The besom was made from the undergrowth of the woods. The besom is called a 'twig' in this district.