School: Mín Riabhach (roll number 17050)

Location:
Meenreagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Anton Ó Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1097, Page 86

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  1. Long ago the houses were thatched. They were thatched with green rushes.
    The beds were always in the side of the house beside the fire. When the side-wall was built, the wall was built a foot or two farther out than the rest of the wall where the bed was going to be put. This bed was called an out-shut.
    The chimneys were always in the gable of the house, but they were never in the middle of the floor. The chimney inside the house was made of rods. The rods were plated like a creel.
    The old people never used glass in the windows but instead of glass they used canvas.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick J. Gallen
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr Joseph Gallen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Meenreagh, Co. Donegal