School: Muckalee, Kilkenny (roll number 3832)
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- Muckalee, Co. Kilkenny
- Teachers: P. Ó Conchobhair T. Ó Teimhneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 139
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Thatched houses were in this district long ago. Poor people used to thatch their houses with rushes and the farmers with straw. There used to be settle-beds in the corner of the kitchen. The mud wall houses were made of sods and plastered with mud and roofed with thatch. The front of the chimney was made of timber. It was also made of wattles and plastered with mud. A small cabin would only have a door and no window. The old floors were made of yellow clay. They used to mix the yellow clay with water and let it harden. They walls were made of yellow clay. Nearly all the houses had only a kitchen and the rich people had a kitchen and a room. Half-doors were common in the district in olden times. Half-doors are not(continues on next page)
