School: Ceis (roll number 15342)
- Location:
- Kesh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Hainín
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- Peeled rushes dipped in oil were used for light at night.
- The roofs were made by covering the timber framework of the roof with “scraws” dig on boggy land. These in turn were covered over with rushes. The floors were made of “daub” well pressed and firm to walk on. Half doors were used to keep out the fowl during the day.
- In olden times the houses of the poor people were made of muck. The roofs were made of wattles and sods of earth, then thatched with either rushes or straw. Some houses were made of (mud and straw) stones and mortar and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Benson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cross, Co. Sligo