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1. A Good Walker (continued)

   

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   5
   miles.
   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 ".

   

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2. Houses Long Ago

   

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   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

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. residential buildings (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Lena Walsh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Derryfadda, Co. Clare

   Informant

   Patrick Walsh

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Address

   Derryfadda, Co. Clare