Scoil: Cill Chais, Cluain Meala (uimhir rolla 596)

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1. Old Houses

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   The houses in olden days were made of yellow clay. Sally switches were mixed through the clay and sometimes feathers. Most of the houses are thatched more were covered with sedge. The thatch was got from wheaten straw. The people used to grow the wheat so as to have the straw to thatch their houses. The wheaten straw is commonly known as "reed". The rushes were got from the bog. Sedge was got from the bank of the river or from the bog. There were beds in all the old houses. It was usually placed in a corner away from the fire. The name was usually given to it was a "settle". It could be used as a bed, as a seat, and as a table. The hens were also kept in the kitchen on some sticks over the door. If the house was small the fireplace was

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   Stair Athraigh

   Topaicí

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

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   Béarla

   Faisnéiseoir

   John Fanning

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Seoladh

   Ballynamona, Co. Tipperary