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School: Kiffa

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Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0992, Page 083

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    be all dirt with soot drops. The lofts were used (to) for holding potatoes and they used to sleep on it.
    It was wee small chimneys they had, some of them had old buckets for chimneys others were made of bricks.
    The windows were small and if they had no glass in them they out pot lids or bits of boards in them.
    It was clay floor they had with it all humps and hollows. They couldn't wash them.
    They had different kinds of lights. Reisin candles was one kind (of) they
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Mc Clelland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiffagh, Co. Cavan