School: Ray

Location:
Labbadish, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mary J. Moore
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  1. Houses in olden times were quite different from what they are now.
    The floors were made of clay, the fire place was an open hearth on the floor with a wide brace with a box or a barrel on the top in place of a chimney.
    The roofs were thatched with straw and sometimes with rushes or flax.
    They had roset candles for light and sometimes a slut was used for holding the candle.
    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
    Nan Crowe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mondooey Lower, Co. Donegal