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School: Crossmolina (B.)

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Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Risteárd Ó Corcaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 508

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    The collect stones and burn a kiln of lime. They get sand then and mix the lime and sand together to make mortar. The timber was got in forests, and bogs scrag and thatch for the roof and it was tied with suggor. They used to have a bed in the kitchen and the cows at the end of the house and a drain sepratid between the kitchen floor and the cows place. They used to have the pigs under the bed. There was a loft over the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    P. Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Loftus
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crossmolina, Co. Mayo