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School: Móinín na Tuigheadh (roll number 16537)

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Moneenatieve, Co. Leitrim
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Máire, Bean Mhic Mhurchadha
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    wall in the corner it was called the "settle beds and some of them are to be had yet. The fire was on the hearth. They burned turf and wood. There was no chimney but there was a hole in the roof for a chimney, and a creel, or a box on the top of it.There were no window on the house, and all the light that came in through the house came on on the door. At night they burned rush candles, to show light. Every home made their own candles. They pulled the long thick green rushes and tied them in little bunches, and hung them over the fire to dry peeled them, and dipped them in unsalted butter, and dried them. Then they would be fit for use.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josie Mc Kenna
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Address
    Liscuillew Lower, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Myles Mc Kenna
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    82
    Address
    Liscuillew Lower, Co. Leitrim