School: Baile an Bhile (B.) (roll number 12195)
- Location:
- Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: John F. Higgins
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 163
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- (continued from previous page)the fireplace was in the centre of the floor and there was a hole in the roof to let the smoke out. There was only one doorway in houses long ago. They used rods twisted together for a shutter to close the doorway. There were two windows in each house. Mortar was the material used for the floor. There was a half door in every house. The people used timber and turf for fuel long ago. Long ago the people had large fires of timber and turf down at night-time
- The houses long ago were roofed with straw and scraws. They grew straw at home. There was a bed in the corner of the kitchen and that place was called a "hag." Anyone could sleep in that bed. The bed was against the wall. There was a fireplace in the house. It was in the gable. There was a chimney in the house. There was one(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Rattigan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballybaun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Thomas Concannon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballybaun, Co. Mayo
