School: Ballinacarrow (roll number 13277)
- Location:
- Ballynacarrow, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Duibheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0175, Page 303
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- The old houses were mostly one-storey thatched houes. The thatch was usually procured form the straw left after the oats would be threshed.
There was nearly always a bed in the kitchen in the old houses. This bed was called a "pouch bed" and was usually placed one side of the fire. The fire-place is not always in the gable-wall. It is often in the centre wall. The front of the chimney was usually built of stones and mortar. About fifty years ago there were only a hole in the roof for and exit for the smoke.
Most of the old floors(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Dermot Higgins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockbeg West, Co. Sligo
