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School: Glenmaquin (roll number 9748)

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Glenmaquin, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eilís Bean Uí Leathain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1102, Page 120

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    In olden times all the houses were thatched. The thatch grew on the farm.
    There always a bed in the kitchen beside the fire. It was called an out-shot.
    The fire place was always at the gable-wall, it was never at the corner or at the side wall. The front of the chimney was made of clay and wattles.
    In olden times there was no chimney in the houses but there was a hole in the roof. The fire was never in the centre of the floor.
    I never heard of any windows having no glass. Some floors were made of blue clay and some of
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