School: Colehill (C.), Mullingar (roll number 14673)

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1. Old Houses (continued)

   

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   usually slept overhead. The workman slept in the settlebed in the kitchen. The door was low, to go in or out, it was necessary to stoop your head. On each side of the door were large bolt holes. There were no keys to lock the doors then, so when they shut up the doors at night they put a big piece of wood across the door into the boltholes. The same was done with the windows to secure the house from being broken into by robbers. The fireplace was usually in the cross wall between the kitchen and the room. Opposite to the fire in the wall a hob was built which was used as a comfortable seat on a cold Winter's night. The poorer people's house was more of the cabin type, seldom

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary J. Mc Guire

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   14

   Address

   Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford

   Informant

   Mrs Mc Guire

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford