School: Cnapach (Crappagh) (roll number 7529)

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1. Old Houses (continued)

   

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   where a large hole come in the floor water and food were placed in it for young ducks and chickens.
   The roofs were formed by long poles of bog-oak being joined together at the "coupling" and wattles were intertwined between these. Then this was plastered with a wet mixture of clay & lime. In some cases rushes were cut and mixed with the mortar in order to make it tough.
   The Pig used come into the kitchen and eat food that had been placed in one of the holes in the floor. Half-doors were very common and were on almost all the country houses.
   In nearly all of these houses there was a bed in the kitchen. The bed was a wooden structure and was built into the wall and curtained off in the day-time. They were called "Pouches." There were also beds called "settle-beds". These were wooden affairs like long boxes, part of them were opened up at night and

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Mc Gorman

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   50

   Address

   Drumary, Co. Monaghan

   Informant

   William Dunne

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   75

   Address

   Knockcor, Co. Monaghan