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School: Árd Bán (roll number 11904)

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Ardbane, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Briain Ó hEarchaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 088

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    “The houses in olden times were different to the houses nowadays.”

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    The houses in olden times were different to the houses nowadays. They were built with sods and heather on the top of them for thatch. There used to be a bed in every house in that time and sometimes two. It used to be in the corner next the fire. The old people in the house used to sleep in these beds. The door was in the front of these houses. There was only one window on these houses and it was a thing made of straw called "pads" that they had for the doors also. It was bushes and timber that they had for the fire. It was clay floors and stone floors they had. It was bits of dry fir and candles that they had for light after night
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Ward
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Tullynagreana, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Bridget Brogan
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 60
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Tullynagreana, Co. Donegal