School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin
- Location:
- Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Róisín Bhreathnach
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- Long ago, people had no lamps, and they had not a good candle as we have now. The only light they had was a rush dipped in tallow, in a grisset, and hung in the chimney to dry. This, when lighting was only like a match.
Thatching is going out of date now, but in olden times, every house was thatched, mostly with rushes. The men had little rakes and a "stinging stick", for putting in the rushes or straw.- Collector
- Thomas Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Brusselstown, Co. Wicklow