School: Killashee, Longphort (roll number 12515)

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1. Houses of Long Ago (continued)

   

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   pots or anything else which was used on the fire.
   They used to sleep in the kitchens in a hammock or a settlebed. A hammock was a swinging bed. It was attached to the collar tie by means of a rope. When they wanted to go to bed they loosened the rope and the bed came down to about a yard from the ground. It was made from yellow sally rods and when they got out of it they let it up to the roof again. Those beds had a hood over them and curtains about them. The settle bed was a big bed made of wood. This bed was in two parts and held together by hinges. In those days they had no mattresses and they made a mat from straw with a matting needle. They often made

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Gilleran

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloonkeel, Co. Longford