School: Áth Treasna (C.)

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1. Old Houses (continued)

   

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   loop, that the wind would not blow it away. Scallops were twigs twisted and bent in the middle like hairpins, d[?]we[?]n in with the palm of the hand A thatcher always wears a leather protector on the palm of his hand. About three feet from the wall a great beam of timber was stretched from back to front wall, A wall of mud was then built on this sloping towards the other wall to make a chimney. There were two holes in the wall at each side of the fire-place, to act as closets, and an other under the table in the wall in which the hen or

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. residential buildings (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Hannah M. Murphy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Copsefield, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Kathleen Daly

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   50

   Address

   Copsefield, Co. Cork