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1. Old Houses in My District (continued)

   

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   door.
   A hole in the wall acted as a window and when the people would be going to bed they would put a board across the hole so as to keep out the cold.
   The floors were made of daub and when it would dry it was as hard as a bar of iron.
   Half-doors were very-common and some of them are used to the present day.
   They had no light but the fire and in a very rare occasion they would have a candle made of bogdeal.
   This was made by splicing up the bogdeal very thin.
   It was left beside the fire to dry and season, then it was put together with wire and this would show them light for a while of the night. They had no clocks

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   James Cahill

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cully, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Mr Cahill

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   56

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Cully, Co. Sligo