School: Muckalee, Kilkenny (roll number 3832)

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   of the houses. The chimney was mostly made of clay and wattles. There was many a house without glass. They used to put pieces of boards in the openings or paper. The floor was mostly made of stones and clay.

   

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2. Old Houses

   

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   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

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas Coogan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clogharinka, Co. Kilkenny

   Informant

   Michael Coogan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   71

   Address

   Clogharinka, Co. Kilkenny