School: Muckalee, Kilkenny (roll number 3832)

Location:
Muckalee, Co. Kilkenny
Teachers:
P. Ó Conchobhair T. Ó Teimhneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 134

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  1. There were mostly thatched house here long ago. They were made of stone and clay with a thatched roof on them. They used to be cabins in Ireland long ago. They were made of clay and roofed with bog oak and rushes. They used to get the thatch from the corn when it used to be threshed. They used to get the rushes in the bogs. The beds were in the kitchen in the houses but especially in the cabins because they had only the kitchen. The beds that used to be in the kitchen were called settle beds. They used to get a carpenter to make the settlebeds. Most of the fireplaces were at the gable end of the houses. The chimneys of the thatched house were made of mortar. The chimneys of the houses were made of clay. The settle-beds used to be folded in during the day time. It was like a seat when it was folded. There was a hole in the roof of the house instead of chimneys. There
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Morrissey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Wildfield, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    John Morrissey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Wildfield, Co. Kilkenny