School: Doora, Cuinche
- Location:
- Deerpark, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Cáit Diolún
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0594, Page 092
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
Download
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Doora, Cuinche
- XML Page 092
- XML (no title)
- XML (no title)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
(no title) (continued)
“My grandfather told me a story about a rock that is at the back of Miss Mac Inerney's house.”
(continued from previous page)died They say when the light is seen that some member of the family is going to die.
(no title)
“The houses of long ago were made of mud.”
The houses of long ago were made of mud. They were not very high and the windows were very small. The floor was made of mud also. There was only one window and one room in most of the old houses.
There was always a bed in the kitchen called a settle bed. Settle beds are still to be seen in many farmhouses. A settle bed can be shut up in the day time and be used for sitting on.
People in our neighbourhood had a mud house. There was hearth fireplaces in all the old mud houses. They used to be thatched with reed(continues on next page) - Informant
- P. Cullen
- Address
- Manusmore, Co. Clare