School: Brosna (roll number 12572)

Location:
Brusna, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Mac Carúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0242, Page 034

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  1. The houses in the olden times were built of stones to the height of the sidewalls. The tops of the gables were built with turf. The material for the roof was got in the bog. When the people were thatching the roof with sedge they also covered the turf part of the gable. There were usually two beds in the kitchen which were called "hags" or "pristies". The fire which was made of turf was at the gable wall. There was no chimney. The smoke escaped through a hole in the roof over the fire. Some of the houses had no windows, for the landlords put on more rent if there were windows in the house. The floors were made of clay and daub. The people used splinters of bog for giving light at night.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seamus O' Donnell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Boghtaduff, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Dominick O' Donnell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Boghtaduff, Co. Roscommon