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School: Lios Dubh (B.)

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Lisduff, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Proinnsias Mac Cuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 490

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    at night you had to be careful or you'd be found floundering in the rampar.
    Where building stones were scarce the houses was often a "mud wall" one. The walls were made of a kind of cement made of clay (dóib) well worked up with water and cut straw or heather (fraoch) mixed for causistency. This was poured into a frame just as modern concrete house are built. The "mud wall" house when nicely limewashed was supposed to be very warm and comfortable.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seosamh Ó Tuathalláin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garryroe, Co. Mayo