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School: Maigh Locha (Cailíní)

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Moylough, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Challaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0081, Page 167

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    The houses were thatched long ago. some were thatched with rushes and others with straw. Some people kept a bed in the kitchen and the young people slept in it. They usually kept the ducks under the dresser. The hens layed in a hole in the wall and they tied the cattle at the end of the house. The fire was in the wall between the kitchen and bedroom.
    The front of the chimney was made from 'dóib baide' which they dug out of the ditch. They cut hay then and put it through it. They got two
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Haverty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moylough, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs T. Haverty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    81
    Address
    Springlawn, Co. Galway