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   Old Houses

   Some of the old houses had a bed in the kitchen. This bed was placed by the side-wall and it was called the settled-bed. The bed was the shape of a box with a lid. When the bed was about six feet long and two feet wide so that one could sleep in it.
   The front of the chimney was made of clay and wattles. The old floors were made of clay. Half-doors were common long ago, but they are not so common now.

   Paddy O Brien,
   Ballyorley, Boolavogue, Ferns,
   Co Wexford.

   My grandfather :-
   Mr John Kavanagh (71 yrs)
   (same address) told me all this

   

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2. Old Houses

   

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   Old Houses

   Houses long ago were covered with rushes and wood got in the fields. The chimney long ago was made of wood and covered with wet clay. For a window they had only a hole in the wall and a few bits of sticks stuck in it.
   The floor was made of clay. Half-doors are common & long ago they were very common to let in the light because the windows weren't much. Wood, dry cow-dung, sgeacha, and especially bushes were burned. Candles were used to give light at night.

   Martin Breen,
   Ballydonegan, Ferns, Co Wexford.
   [ told by my mother Mrs M Breen (56 yrs)

   

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Martin Breen

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballydonigan, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Mrs M. Breen

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   56

   Address

   Ballydonigan, Co. Wexford