Scoil: St. Michael's Clooncunny (uimhir rolla 14589)

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1. (gan teideal) (ar lean)

   “Most of the men when they need to white wash their houses or out houses burn a kiln.”

   

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   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   to comlete the burning The lime so obtained is beautifully white.

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

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2. Old Houses

   

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   My father (RIP) said that some 50 years ago there was a vast difference in the houses. There was no fire place proper but the smoke went out through a hole in the roof. The houses were made of clay with wattles & straw or heather for the roof. Holes covered by bags were used for windows There was always a bed in an alcove in the kitchen called the "Prysty bed" - these are still in a few houses in this village though they are fast being removed & replaced by windows or doors. The fire places in all the houses here are in the gable end or where there are two rooms in the house between the two rooms. In old days the people kept the fowl & animals in the

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

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   Topaicí

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

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Faisnéiseoir

   J. Finnegan

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   Aois

   71

   Seoladh

   Cluain Connaidh, Co. Shligigh