Scoil: Cobh Labhráis (C.) (uimhir rolla 7453)
- Suíomh:
- Raerainn, Co. Chorcaí
- Múinteoir: Áine, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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- XML Leathanach 143
- XML “Old Houses”
- XML “Old Houses”
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Ar an leathanach seo
- (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)used fill a bag of hay and close the opening with it. In every old house there was an earthen floor and when it began to wear it was repaired with a new coat of earth. Half-doors were common long ago but to-day there are two or three to be seen in the district. Bog-turf was plentiful long ago and wood also and that was used for fire. The fir that was found in the bog was used for fire and a piece of it was used for light. Another way of showing light was the rushlight - the rush was peeled and soaked in fat. Candles were made locally and the tallow was got by the sea when some ship was wrecked.
- In former times mostly all the houses in the district were thatched mostly with straw and about a dozen slates and they were tied down with súgáns twisted with a "crócín" made from straw. There were a few slated with slate got near "Fiall-na-Diag" in Beare Island and more slate was got from "Snámh" near Bantry. Most of the old houses used have a bed in one side of the fire called "Réidh-Leabhaidh". The fire-place was always kept in(leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)