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Old Houses

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 400

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Old Houses

In Olden times houses were built with mud walls, and were thatched with straw or heather. The floors were made of clay. Close to a wall of the kitchen there was a settle-bed it was used for a seat in the day time and for a bed at night.

Some beds were made with a hod to the top. The farmers grew their own straw and got the heather off the hills to thatch their houses with.

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Collector
Máire Fairsing
Gender
female
Address
Annamoe, Co. Wicklow
Informant
Statia Fortune
Gender
female
Age
46
Occupation
oibrí tí
Address
Annamoe, Co. Wicklow
Language
English