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School: Askeaton (B.) (roll number 2039)

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Askeaton, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
D. Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0502, Page 401

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    Long ago there were no houses like the present day. The people used live long ago in mud houses, some of them were in the shape of a beehive. They were built with stones and plastered outside and inside with doo- be, it was a kind of sand got in a bog or a damp place.
    The windows were very small, only one pane of glass was in them, They used have the fire in the corner of the house.
    The people used burn timber, and bo=taun. It is still burned in some houses.
    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
    Daniel Ivess
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cragmore, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Thomas Madigan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Cragmore, Co. Limerick