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School: An Clochar, Cara Droma Ruisc

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Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon
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An tSr. Emerentia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0209, Page 527

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    with timber on thatched with rushes on straw. Those had wooden doors and openings which let in the light. The usual dwelling in country places were houses built of stone on mud walls containing two apartments.
    One of those apartments was used as a kitchen in the daytime and as a bedroom at night. They were lighted with small windows into which panes of glass were fitted, and were thatched with rushes straw or heather.
    At night they were lighted with rush candles, that is peeled rushes dipped in fat. This means of lighting continued until Paraffin oil came into use. Cooking and heating was carried out by means of wood.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Moira Keaveny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon