School: An Clochar, Buirgheas Uí Chatháin (roll number 15820)

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1. Old Houses

   

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   The old houses in the district in former times were thatched except a few of them which were slated. They used to put on fresh thatch every year with straw and wattles. The old houses had beds in the kitchen, which were called settlebeds and they were always placed in the corner. The fireplace was not always at the gable end, but it was in the corner of very old houses. The front of the chinmey was made of clay and wattles. Old people never heard tell of the fire been in the middle of the floor. Some people lived in mud houses, which had no windows. The floors were usually made of gravel and stones. Half doors were very common in olden times, but they are not as common now. Turf and wood were used for the fire.
   Rushes were used for lights at

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. residential buildings (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Fox

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mary Gibbons

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary