School: Cluain Tuaiscirt (roll number 1405)
- Location:
- Clontuskert, Co. Galway
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029C, Page 09_018
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- Old Houses 14-6-1938The houses which the people had in olden times were built with stone and mortar. They were built up to the roof with these and then the roof was built with scraws and sedge or rushes. The scraws were laid down on the rafters and it was thatched. They were not half as good as the houses that are now in existence. The chimney was made from hazel and paper and bags. The hazels were laid on boards and the bags were spread over and this was the chimney.The houses had a bed at the back wall and this was known as the settle bed. These(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Murray
- Gender
- Male
