School: Gort an Tuair (roll number 13467)
- Location:
- Gortatoor, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Áine Nic Oirealla
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- The people had no houses long ago like we have now. Sod houses mostly there were in it, and sometimes stone-houses. The kind of roof that was on them was made of straw or rushes. Sometimes they used to put flag-stones that they used to get in a quarry for a roof.
The fire used to be in the middle of the floor, and sometimes against the gable.
In the corner nearest the fire was a bed, and in it the old woman of the house used to sleep and rest during the day as well as in the night, and from this fact, it was(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie Kate Healy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowmacshane, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Healy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowmacshane, Co. Mayo