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1. Old Houses

   

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   Old Houses

   The walls of the old houses were made from wattles and yellow clay. The walls were four feet wide. They used to have beds called hammocks. They were in the kitchen beside the fire. The top of the bed was stuck into the wall. In Derrybrien there was a house and the fire was at the side wall. In Derrybrien there was a house and the fire was at the side wall. There was a bucket on the chimney for a crock. There was no glass on the windows. They used to have a mat instead. Dan Whelan's house in Derrybeg was built on a hill and had no chimney.
   Long ago they used to make fires from timber, turf, scraws or cowdung. Instead of candles they used to have rushes dipped in tallow or chips of dale. They were made locally. The mould was like our modern bicycle pump.
   Long ago they wouldn't build a room to the west. They would say that there would be fairies in it. There was a man who built a room to the west and he couldn't

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   1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
         1. foirgnimh
            1. an teach cónaithe (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eileen Shaughnessy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Tíne, Co. na Gaillimhe

   Informant

   Thomas Shaughnessy

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   64

   Address

   Tíne, Co. na Gaillimhe