School: Drumlish (C.) (roll number 10023)
- Location:
- Drumlish, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Brigid Lacy
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- The Old House
The old houses in which most of the people lived fifty years ago, were much inferior to present-day dwellings. They were thatched and mud-walled. The floors were also made of mud that is a sort of brick-clay. It was mixed with straw and, with spades and shovels, mixed into a stiff mortar. The walls, near three feet thick, were raised about one foot at a time, to a height of about seven feet. They were firmly fixed by an additional course of mud and(continues on next page)- Collector
- Anna Lacy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumlish, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Katie Burbage
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Greagh, Co. Longford