School: Danescastle
- Location:
- Danescastle, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Loinghsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0875, Page 073
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - In olden times the houses were a lot different to what they are now. Nearly all the houses were thatched with rushes but sometimes they were covered with sods.
The walls were built of yellow mud which was got from yellow mud ditches. In nearly all the houses there was a bed in the kitchen which was wooden, and it served as a seat in the daytime. This bed was known as a settle. The fire place was generally by the end wall. It was built in the wall about two feet up from the ground. It was guarded by an iron door.
Mostly all the windows were made of timber, the reason was because there was a tax on glass windows.
The floors were made of yellow clay. They used to put the clay on the ground(continues on next page)
