Long ago people used to have houses made of straw and mud mixed together. They used to thatch the houses with reed and rushes. They used to get the reed on the bank of a river, and they used to get the rushes in the bog.
In these old houses there was only one room and the people had to sleep in the kitchen. The bed was called a settle-bed. This bed could be opened up at night and closed up in the daytime.
The people long ago used have the fire against the gable wall and the chimney was made of mud.
In some old houses long ago there was no glass in the windows only a piece