School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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Another day he left his house for Tulla .he crossed the mountain and was only two hours until he arrived there.
"He himself told me this ". - Houses long ago 30 -11- 37.
Long ago people lived in small mud houses about twelve feet in length .Some of them used be white-washed and as they had no brushes to put on to wash they used put it on with a rag.
They used be heather or hay mixed through the mud to keep it firm.There used be a small window about a foot high and ten inches wide but they had no glass in them only only a stick or sop of hay in them.A bundle of rods tied with a(continues on next page)- Collector
- Lena Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derryfadda, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Patrick Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Derryfadda, Co. Clare