School: Tallanstown (roll number 2746)

Location:
Tallonstown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
E. Mac Gráinnne
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  1. Old Houses
    According to the old people the houses long ago were mostly thatched with straw others with rushes and some with sedge, very few were slated.
    When the corn was threshed the straw was drawn and put in bundles and sprinkled with water and left there for a week.
    The thatchers came along and put it on in layers on the house.
    The slates are got in quarries like stones.
    They are dressed and squared and left ready to be put on the roof.
    Collected by Mat Woods,
    Kilcroney,
    Louth,
    Co. Louth.
    Got from Mrs Woods,
    Kilcroney,
    Louth,
    Co. Louth.
    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
    Mat Woods
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcroney, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mrs Woods
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcroney, Co. Louth