School: Ballynagearn (roll number 8824)

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1. Old Houses (continued)

   

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   of room for the people to sleep and the old people had to sleep in a settle bed in the corner of the kitchen beside the fire and there used to be a red curtain cutting off the bed from the rest of the (of the) kitchen. A barrel or a box was put in the roof in place of a chimney. Clay floors were very common in this district. The hens used to be kept (to be) in the kitchen on a roots over the door. In olden times there was only a hob at the fire place. The people burned turf and sat around the fire at night telling stories with the light of a rush candle made by themselves.

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora Mohan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Mullantlavan, Co. Monaghan