School: Liath-Mhuine
- Location:
- Leaffony, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Fhionnlaoich
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 413
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- Old houses
In former times the houses were made out of sods and mud. Here is a description of a sod house.
Long ago there was an old woman named Bessie Wallace and she had no house so a lot of boys decided on a Sunday evening to build a sod house in my grandfathers farm for her.
They built it on a height it was about ten feet wide. There was no fire place in it, but the fire was built up against the gable with a hole in the roof to let out the smoke.
The roof was made of sticks and sods and also there was grass on it.
The door was made of a double straw-mat. There was a wee hole in the sidewall for a window.
She had two blocks of wood for seats and also she had two hobs one each side of the fire..
she lived there for many a year and it is said she was almost a hundred years old when she died. She had an old coal pot and in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Isabel Mc Kinley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Leaffony, Co. Sligo
