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School: Bun

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Bun, Co. Offaly
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C. Ní Mhaolghuala
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0817, Page 111

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    In general the house were all thatched with very small four pane windows. The roofs were covered with scraws first which were cut in the bog. Then it was thatched over them with straw and scollops. The floors were made of lime and sand. There was what they called the mantle tree over the fire there was no turned arches in the houses long ago. There is a kitchen door inside and the trap door outside as most people call
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Guinan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lumcloon, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mrs Guinan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Lumcloon, Co. Offaly