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School: Mullach, Sráid na Cathrach (roll number 3928)

Location:
Mullagh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Ó Sandair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0623, Page 455

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    The walls of the old houses were made of red earth or mud. The mud used be wet with water and then tempered and the walls were built with that.
    The rafters were bogdeal sticks and long pieces of bogdeal for taoibhíns. The people used get long scraws and leave them cross the taoibhíns. They used go to a swampy place and cut rushes with a reaping hook and bring them to the houses. They used out the rushes down on the scraws and tie them with sugans. For the Winter they had bogdeal ropes to tie the houses.
    When the walls used be the height of the fire place
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Michael Donlan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowlagan, Co. Clare
    Informant
    John O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowlagan, Co. Clare