tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13344062.post5301963999116105683..comments2024-02-18T17:35:25.382+00:00Comments on Bloggin fae the 'Burn: <i>Ulster-Scots thoughts</i>: Settle bedsMark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12820251983224121718noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13344062.post-65166202553975982532011-05-31T09:00:03.499+01:002011-05-31T09:00:03.499+01:00I sat on one of these recently, in the old Cushend...I sat on one of these recently, in the old Cushendall farmhouse at the Ulster Folk Museum recently & played my Fiddle for an afternoon. Not the most comfortable seats, it has to be said, but very practical I'm sure, for the time.Dick Glasgowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13344062.post-72180302753016791182011-05-21T16:50:28.584+01:002011-05-21T16:50:28.584+01:00You can buy the plans from a patent website for 11...You can buy the plans from a patent website for 11.95 dollars http://www.patentstorm.us/cart/view.htmlAn Aul Hanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193618428480188831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13344062.post-60116811336335537252011-05-19T10:37:23.690+01:002011-05-19T10:37:23.690+01:00Lovely pics Mark, but I don't think these ones...Lovely pics Mark, but I don't think these ones are from Ulster? Like our dressers, they usually rest on 'sledge runners at either end, with projecting toes. A feature (like rocking chairs) that adapt the furniture so that it doesn't 'shoogle' on an uneven floor. All the settle beds in the Ulster Folk Museum - and the one in storage at the Jackson Center, have these sledge feet.Philip Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266929629062158843noreply@blogger.com