Scoil: Tíréaltan, Maghcromtha (uimhir rolla 13286)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. Houses in Ireland in Olden Times (ar lean)

   

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   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   timber was nearly always glazed over with soot. It was covered with thatch which was from rushes or sometimes from reed which was made from wheaten straw. Thatching was a great trade at that time. Every - line of thatch put on parallel with the rafter was called a "baw" and the man who could thatch so level as to conceal the dividing line between the "baws" was supposed to be competent at his trade. The fuel which was used in this part of the country was turf or faggots of furze which the poor people gathered from the fences beside their huts. The light was got from splinters made of bogdeal but those who were so fortunate as to kill a cow or sheep made candles with the tallow derived from the animals in an appliance called a mould.

   

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

   Stair Athraigh

   Topaicí

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

   Teangacha

   Gaeilge

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Joan O' Riordan

   Inscne

   Baineann

   Faisnéiseoir

   Eugene O' Riordan

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Aois

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