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School: Ballyglass (roll number 14642)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036D, Page 01_027

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    light could go in and the floors were made of clay.
    Half doors were common long ago and some of them are alive yet.
    The fires used to be made of sticks and turf and it used to be made sometimes of chaff.
    They used to have candles made of rushes soaked in oil and sometimes they used to have to go down on their knees beside the fire for light.
    Paddy Moylan
    Rathcosgrive
    Craughwell
    Co Galway
    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
    Paddy Moylan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathcosgry, Co. Galway