School: Askeaton (C.) (roll number 2040)
- Location:
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Mhic Eoin
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- (continued from previous page)Mostly in every country house there was a settle bed. This bed was placed near the fire. It was called a settle bed because during the day it was made into a lounge. Some of the family used sleep in this bed.The fireplace was generally at the gable-end of the house. The walls of the house were made of morter and stones as the presend day.Long ago there were some houses which had no chimneys, but they had a space on top of the roof to let the smoke out. Yery few houses had glasses for(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Casey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mr Casey
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick