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School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)

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Dysart, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Ní Ailpín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0673, Page 089

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    made of mortar and stone.
    The floors were made of yellow clay and the people used to have dances to harden it.
    Nearly all houses had half-doors long ago but they are not as common nowadays.
    Turf and wood were burned in the fires.
    For light candles were used which they made themselves from rushes and they used to dip them in some kind of oil.
    Tom Joe Mc Kenna said that the people used to put heads of forks and old harrows up on thatch to keep it down.
    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
    Mildred Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Thornogs, Co. Louth