School: Drumcar (roll number 16771)
- Location:
- Drumcar, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Mrs Bell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0671, Page 145
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Most of the old houses in this district have mud walls -The mud was procured by having yellow clay was dropped in the yard, and straw cut into six-inch lengths, thrown over it, and water. Then some cattle were driven on to the heap and made to walk round and round on it till the clay was tempered - that is fit for building. It was then thrown up in a wall, quite roughly, and when nearly dry it was cut down smoothly, or comparatively so, with a spade.Most of them had thatched roofs, the straw for which was procured from the local farm -Nearly all the old houses had a settle-bed in the Kitchen. It was usually placed(continues on next page)
