School: Gowna
- Location:
- Scrabby, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Hugh Murray
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- The kitchen - the breast over the fire was usually made of wicker work plastered inside and out with a mixture of clay and cowmanure. On each side of this fireplace and over it was a porra or lost - a place for holding forks and rakes riddles etc.
In the corner of every kitchen there was a big box called a (chest) but called by the people a (CHUST) In this chest there was a till which held the money of[?] The main body of the chest contained the meal and the flour (if any) From this comes the Phrase " As safe as meal in a chest."
In most houses there was a hanging kitchen table. There was a creepy stool in every kitchen also stools three legged mostly for the bigger folk. The kitchen dresser was common. The dishes and mugs were made of wood, the wooden mug was called a noggin
The bed was often the only furniture of the rooms. Beds were almost always made of wood. The room floors were of clay, but beside each bed there was(continues on next page)
