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   had to tie the cattle in the end of the house because they could not afford to build barns for them. After a while the landlords helped the people to build houses by supplying lime and sand. In some houses there was a bed up on the loft and the children used to sleep in it. In the winter time the people used to bring in the potatoes and put them up on the loft. Sometimes there were two beds ends to ends by the gable wall in the room and the rest of the room was called a parlour. People say that it is unlucky to build a new room to the west side of the house. In some houses there was only one door, but generally there were two doors in every house, the back door and the front door. There was no latch on these doors but in the

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máire Ní hÁnlaighe

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drumalough, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   James Hanly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drumalough, Co. Roscommon