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School: Glendalough

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Glendalough, Co. Wicklow
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Bean Uí Ghabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 400

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    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 hood to the top. The farmers grew their own straw and got the heather off the hills to thatch their houses with.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Fairsing
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Annamoe, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Statia Fortune
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    46
    Occupation
    Oibrí tí
    Address
    Annamoe, Co. Wicklow