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School: Askeaton (C.) (roll number 2040)

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Askeaton, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0502, Page 241

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    grow wheat and make reed out of it for to thatch the houses, or out of rushes which they got in bogs.
    There was a bed in every kitchen, and the half-doors were common and overhead the door there was a ruask for the hens.
    The fire used to be at the corners of the kitchen long ago. There is a house in Kilbeha and the chimney is made of mortar and sticks because it is a very old house.
    There is a house about a mile from Kilbeha and it is made of clay and sticks.
    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
    Gretta Mc Mahon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilbehy, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Mahon
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilbehy, Co. Limerick