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School: Arklow (Mercy) Convent (An Charraig)

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Arklow, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
An tSr. Camillus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0923, Page 144

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  1. Local Happenings - House-Burnings

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    It is the custom in some houses in Scarnagh, Co. Wexford to use straw in lighting fires. The grate is cleaned and then the straw is put in: sticks and coal are placed on top.
    About two years ago, a thatched house in the district went on fire. Straw had been used to light the fire. When the fire was lit, the straw blazed up the chimney: the fire caught on to the thatching and burned the greater part of the house.
    No lives were lost-: some of the furniture was saved. The people who owned the house have never since used straw when setting a fire.
    The fire lights very quickly when straw is used but that is dangerous as it blazes up so high in the chimney.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. fires (~306)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joan Kavanagh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cooladangan, Co. Wicklow