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1. Old Houses (continued)

   

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   was made of stone and mortar in the big houses, and in the smaller houses it was made of clay and wattles. Some of the houses long ago had a hole in the roof for a chimney.
   Nearly all the old houses had no glass in the windows. They used to have lattice work of sticks. Some of the floors were made of clay, there are a great many house in the country that have clay floors still.
   Half-doors were very common long ago. All the old houses in the country have half-doors, and some people in the country have them still. A great many of the old houses in Hacketstown have half-doors still.
   Turf and sticks were used for fuel long ago. The candles in olden times were made of rushes. Candles were made locally.

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Violet Seabrooke

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mr J. Ward

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Hacketstown, Co. Carlow