School: Cor Bealaigh

Location:
Corbally, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Marcacháin
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  1. 17th February, 1938
    Composition
    Story of the Houses in Ireland
    About a hundred years ago the people of this county were very poor and untidy. They lived in hovels. The landlords of that time were very greedy. They used to make the people pay them a high rent, or if they did not they would be sent on the road without a house.
    They had no courage to make and improvement on their houses for fear they would have to pay a higher rent. The houses were poorly made of sods and mud. The foundation of the house was first laid out, and then the clay and the sods were piled up.
    Then a person went up on this and tramped it very hard. This was continued until it was brought to a certain height. It was flat roofs that were generally used. Sometimes the farmers held a dance to harden floors because they earthen.
    In the morning it would be as hard as
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Celia Hallinan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockroe, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Doran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockroe, Co. Mayo