School: Belvoir, Kilkishen
- Location:
- Belvoir, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chadhla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0586, Page 147
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- The houses of long ago were like cow sheds in comparison with the ones nowadays. In some of the houses, long ago, there was a straw roof, and in others there was a heather roof, Very few slated roofs in the locality, none atall in fact. There was a very small little kitchen and a tiny room in each house. The most of the houses had beds in the kitchen. The fireplace used to be at the door and sometimes in the middle of the floor. The chimneys were made from earth and scollops. One door and a half door in every house. The door used be in the front of the house to the left, hand side(continues on next page)
