School: Lough Arrow
- Location:
- Lough Arrow, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Cathal Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 163
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- (continued from previous page)Long ago people used to hold the markets on a crossroads in every parish monthly.
- Most of the old houses are disappearing and not many are to be seen at present. From rushes and straw the roofs were made of and all the old houses were thatched. When a house newly thatched it was very nice to look at it.
There used to be a bed in every kitchen in all the old houses called the "pouch".
In some houses they used to have the fire up to the gable wall and in some houses there used to be no chimney.
The people used to light the fire in the middle of the floor and the smoke used to go out the door.
In the houses the people used to have no glass in the windows but a hole in the side wall and in the night if it would be raining they would stuff a bundle of straw in the hole and take it out in the morning. The old houses long ago were built of clay(continues on next page)
