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School: Liatra (roll number 13341)

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Lettera, Co. Galway
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Seán Mac Sheoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0013, Page 124

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  1. Houses in Olden Times

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    In olden times the people lived in bog-houses and in houses made from mortar. The bog-houses were of a round shape, containing only one door and a wooden chimney. The floors were covered with heath and the whole house was made from bog-scraws.
    After the bog-houses, the mortar houses came into use. They were larger than the bog-houses and consisted of one door and two small windows. They were roofed with thatch and the chimney was made from rods. For a loft, rods were woven through two beams of timber and in those lofts the inhabitants stored their Winter supply of potatoes.
    When night fell they peeled the skin of a rush and dipped it in butter. It was then lighted and put standing in dough or in a hole in a sod of turf.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Gaffey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Islands, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Gaffey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Islands, Co. Galway