School: Eanach Mór (C.) (roll number 12427)
- Location:
- Annaghmore, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Caitlín, Bean Uí Mhiadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0187, Page 331
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- The old houses of houses of long ago were thatched. Some of them had only one room. They got the thatch by cutting sedge. There was a bed in the kitchen. It was placed at the side wall.
The fire was always at the gable end of the house. Some houses had no chimney only a hole made in the roof to let out the smoke. There were some houses which had no glass in the window, only a bag filled with hay put in every night and taken out every morning. Half doors were used formerly and are still used(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Finn
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 66
- Address
- Doon, Co. Sligo
