School: Cavangarden (roll number 16511)
- Location:
- Cavangarden, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Rebecca C. R. Mitchell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1030, Page 70
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- The roofs of houses in olden times were made of sods, and thatch. In the kitchens the chairs were made of wood with rope seats. They swept the floors with heather brushes. They gathered the heather; then they tied it with cords. The beds were (were) nearly all made of wood.
- Collector
- Jeannie Clarke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lurgan, Co. Donegal
- In olden times the roofs of the houses were thatched with rushes or straw. The rushes were got growing out in the fields. Mud was used instead of lime or cement.A bed was kept in the outshot in the kitchen. The chimney was just a hole in the roof to let out the smoke. The windows used to be called “blind windows” because there(continues on next page)
