School: Rath (roll number 5391)
- Location:
- Rath, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Miss Palmer
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0739, Page 081
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- (continued from previous page)chimneys were supported by wooden pillars and were made of clay and wattles.
The floors were made of yellow clay. The majority of the houses in the district have half doors.
The houses were lighted up at night by rush candles.
The green was pulled of the rushes and the white was rolled in grease.
