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School: Kiffa

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Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0992, Page 079

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    to have no chairs but stools that was a round piece of wood with three feet.
    The light they had long ago was candles, they used to peel a green rush and wind tallow around this and they used to use three or four of these a night.
    The people had no tongs long ago it was a bit of a stick bent that they used as tongs.
    The walls of the houses were made of mud, and on a windy night they used to keep sticking pieces of paper among the splits to keep out the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maud Lowry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Graddum, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Hugh Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Graddum, Co. Cavan