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1. Old Houses (continued)

   

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   The floors are made of clay.
   In most of the houses there was a cross-wall built between the door and the fire, which protected the fire from the draught of the door. In most houses the cross-wall was made of wood but in others of them it was made of rough boards nailed together. In the centre was a small square hole directly opposite the door this was to five light to the heart-stone.
   The outside of them were whitewash and usually the ladder was hung under the eave at the back.
   Adjoined to the house was the barn. This was the same as the house, mud walls, a thatch roof, and a clay floor. In the barn the man of the house threshed the corn with a flail, the straw of which was used as thatch for the house.

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. residential buildings (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michéal Pearóid

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Addinstown, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Mrs A. Perry

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Addinstown, Co. Westmeath