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School: Baile Choitín (C.) (roll number 16110)

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Ballycotton, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Caitlín Ní Rignigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0394, Page 148

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    There are the ruins of a few old houses still to be seen around this district. The majority of these houses contain only on or two rooms. The roofs of most of these houses were made of thatch. Long ago the thatch was made of "spears" a class of long reed with a brown furry top on it which grows in certain bogs. Nowadays the thatch is made of straw. There are two "Thatchers" in this district. They do not get much to do nowadays because there are not many thatched houses in this district. In most of the houses long ago a bed was kept in the kitchen and it was called a "doss". The fire in the houses long ago was usually in the corner of the room.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martin J. Barry
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloyne, Co. Cork