School: Áth Treasna (C.)
- Location:
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Cheallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0352, Page 254
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- The walls of the old houses were made of clay mixed with rushes and made into a tough substance It was piled up with a pitch fork.
A hole was left for a door and small windows were cut by means of a hay knife. Whe[?] the walls reached the required height, the rafters were put on. They were tied with sugans known as "taobans." A layer of thin grassy sods called scraws were laid over these. A thich coat of rushes was then put on so with the help of "scallops" or squeeze(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Hannah M. Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Copsefield, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Kathleen Daly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Copsefield, Co. Cork
