School: Liathdruim, Cill Mhichíl (roll number 4433)
- Location:
- Leitrim, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Ó Conbhaidhe
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- Long ago the houses were made of mud. The walls were made of mud and the rafters were made of bog-deal and then it was covered with mountainy sods and then it was thatched with rushes. There was one room and a kitchen in the house. There were usually two windows and one door in the house. The chimney was thatched with rushes which was called a basket chimney. The floor of the house were all mud. It was a usual thing at that time to have a bed in the house which was called a Settle-bed and a camp-bed or two in the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Lernihan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Leitrim, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mrs Thomas Lernihan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Leitrim, Co. Clare