School: Borris (C.)

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1. Old Houses (continued)

   

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   low, thatched houses having but one door which led directly into the kitchen or living room. Heavy beams stretched across the ceiling of the kitchen & at the gable end was a wide open fire-place, thro' the chimney of which the sky was visible. At one side of the kitchen was a hugh bin, one half which was used for storing flour & meal; whilst the other half was utilized as a clothes' press.
   An Almost every house in the neighbourhood was a half-door whose uses were various; it kept the young children safe inside; it kept the fowl & pigs from straying into the kitchen and on a wet day it kept the rain away from the kitchen enthance (the large door was never closed during the day).
   The kitchen floors were generally made of clay & on a wet day were often strewn with straw.
   Hand-made turf was the principal fuel & it was seldom the fire was out - it was covered up with ashes at night & opened out in the morning. Should the fire have died away the housewife went to a

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nancy Quinn

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Borris, Co. Carlow