School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)
- Location:
- Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 452
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- In olden times the houses were made from mud and straw. They were thatched with straw and the straw was got from the farm.
In the kitchen there was a bed which was placed near the fire. It wes called a "settle bed". The fire place was in the centre of the house. The chimneys were made from wattles and mud. Sally rods were twisted in an out through the wattles.
- Collector
- Teresa Mulready
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Irishtown, Co. Westmeath
- Thatched houses are mostly what was in the district long ago. The walls were made from mud.
The farmers thatched(continues on next page)
