School: Athboy (C.)
- Location:
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Bríghid, Bean Uí Mhacháin
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- The houses in former times were thatched with straw but mostly rushes and firs. The people would would grow the straw to thatch with straw. They would get the rushes on the bogs, and the firs in the field. The walls were made of yellow clay and short hay mixed together. The old people call them cat and clay walls.
The old houses had a bed in the kitchen know as a settle bed. The front of the chimney(continues on next page)- Collector
- Teresa O' Callaghan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Patrick O' Callaghan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Athboy, Co. Meath