School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim (roll number 14423)

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   was scattered over the floor also.

   People had their own ways of having light. Bog-deal splinters were used. The bog-deal was got in bogholes. The candles were bought in the shop, and they were called "dips". Those candles were very big ones. A pound of candles cost eightpence, and sixteen of them were in a pound.

   (Annie Carroll,Fairfield)

   

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2. Old Houses

   

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   In Ireland long ago, houses were unknown to people. They lived in caves and dug-outs. Later they built big banks of sods and covered them with long poles. Later on they found out the art of building. They got four pieces of timber and a fork on the end of each and put one standing at each corner. The uprights used to

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. residential buildings (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maureen Mullen

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Newcastle, Co. Galway