School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)
- Location:
- Granard, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. Conception
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13th June, 1938. Houses in olden times were built from mud and stones, and roofed with wood, straw or rushes. A great many of them had only one room, and it served as kitchen and bedroom. There was only one fireplace, and that was situated close to a back or side wall. It was the custom to have the fire on the hearth. A wooden served in many cases for a chimney.
The bed was usually(continues on next page)- Collector
- Monica King
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Granardkill, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs Maria Kiernan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 77
- Address
- Granard, Co. Longford