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School: Athboy (C.)

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Athboy, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Bríghid, Bean Uí Mhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 090

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    In former times most of the houses were roofed with thacht and rushes. The walls were made of stone and clay and they are white-washed inside and outside. There were no ceiling in them only big blocks of wood called rafters.
    There were some roofed with thacht and rushes, and others with felt, wood and Zinc.
    The thacht straw was procured from the people who had their oats and wheat threshed.
    The old houses a had a bed in the kicthed called a settle bed. It was placed beside the fire. The front of the chimney was made of clay and stone and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna M. Cassidy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath