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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

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Irishtown, Co. Mayo
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Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 446

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    The houses that were in the district long ago were tatched. There were no slate houses in the country but there was slated houses in the towns. The roofs that were in the thatched houses were made of "scraws" and timber and then thatched with straw.
    Long ago some of the people used to sow the thatch with a thatchin needle and rope.
    On certain houses they used to keep beds in the corner. These were used only on small houses and where there was only one room. These beds are called "hags"
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    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
    Kitty Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meelick, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Margaret Patten
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meelick, Co. Mayo