School: Moydow, Longphort (roll number 11971)

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1. Houses in Olden Times

   

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   There is a small house situated about one mile and a half from where I live. It is made from mud and some stones. This house was built about 90 years ago. After it was built a while there were ten women living in this house. There was one pane of glass in it for a window, and a hole in the roof of it for to let out the smoke and a box on the top of the hole in the shape of a chimney. There is only one room in it and no kitchen. It fell about twenty years ago and it was rebuilt and there is one man living in it now. There are very few of these old houses remaining now, as they have all fallen and were never rebuilt. The people of long ago though these houses were very nice and healty.

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. residential buildings (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Lizzie Ward

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   14

   Address

   Bawn, Co. Longford

   Informant

   Mrs J. Ward

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bawn, Co. Longford