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1. The Old Houses (continued)

   

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   gable. The lower sticks were driven at level of cross-beam, and as they reached top of the gable they became shorter, so that the sticks were only about a foot long. Then through these sticks -on sides and front- briars and twigs were woven and thus closed up the flue. I saw those twigs and briars plastered with "cow-dung" in my father's house. The bottom cross beam was called "mada clúir". Afterwards this type of flue was replaced by a stone and mortar one.
   The space on each side of flue was called the "Cúloir". This was planked from the cross-beam to gable, and cured dry fish was stored in the Cúloir. Every house used to have the two "Cúloir" filled with fish for the winter.
   The loft over the kitchen was called the main loft. In this loft the beds were on the ground. The loft over the room was about a foot or so lower than the main loft, and here a "standing bed" was kept.

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Michael Neill

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   73

   Address

   Inishodriscol, Co. Cork