School: Rathcarran (roll number 4370)
- Location:
- Ráth Chairn, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 422
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- There were four or five old houses in Mitchelstown long ago. Some of them fell and some of them were burned. Some of the houses had a bed in the kitchen. The chimney and floor of these houses were made of clay. Some of the houses had no chimneys and the smoke had to go out through a hole in the roof. Most of the houses long ago had half - doors. Some of the people used turf and some of them had wood. The people had candles and rushlights long ago. The kind of houses that were in former times were mostly thatched(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Betty Cusack
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Cusack
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 45
- Address
- Baile Mhistéil, Co. Meath
