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School: Bohermeen (roll number 3115)

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Bohermeen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Aindrias Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0702, Page 128

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    Old Houses
    Long ago there were different types of houses throughout the country from what there are now. The houses were very small, thatched houses. There would be only one room and a kitchen. They would always have a settle bed in the kitchen along the wall. This would be laid down in the night and put up in the day.
    The fire would be at the gable end of the house and a hole up higher to let the smoke out. if the smoke went up and out the hole, well and good, but it would go through the house just as often.
    People would not have glass in the windows on account of the tax on the glass. They would have shutters in the window, or sometimes the real poor people would stuff the hole with a bundle of hay or straw.
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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
    Kathleen Gibney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bohermeen, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Tommy Gibney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bohermeen, Co. Meath