School: Athboy (C.)

Location:
Athboy, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Bríghid, Bean Uí Mhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 087

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 087

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  1. The houses in former times were thatched with straw but mostly rushes and firs. The people would would grow the straw to thatch with straw. They would get the rushes on the bogs, and the firs in the field. The walls were made of yellow clay and short hay mixed together. The old people call them cat and clay walls.
    The old houses had a bed in the kitchen know as a settle bed. The front of the chimney
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa O' Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Patrick O' Callaghan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath