School: Tagoat (roll number 5990)
- Location:
- Teach Gót, Co. Loch Garman
- Teacher: Pádraig Coilféir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0879, Page 127
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- (continued from previous page)The houses had no windows but, instead of them, there were small holes in the walls, and when a storm came on, the holes were stuffed with sacks. The floors were usually made of yellow clay, but sometimes cobblestones were embedded in it. Every house had a half door with a whole one inside it and many have them still.
Turf beanstalks and faggots were used as fuel.
Dips supplied light, which were made by dipping a cord in grease, letting it dry, and dipping it again and again until it was sufficiently thick. Buchaillans, small hand lamps, and home-made candles were also used as a means of giving light at night.
- Collector
- Peter Carroll
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile an tSrutháin, Co. Loch Garman
- Informant
- Mrs Catherine Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile an tSrutháin, Co. Loch Garman
