School: Kiffa
- Location:
- Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Helen Dinneen
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- Long ago it was mud walled houses they had. It was thatched roofs was on them. Straw or rushes were used for thatching purposes. And if a house was near a lake or river it was thatched with reeds or water lillies.
They used to have bedtastor in the wealthy places, and then in the other houses they had a settle bed that they put along the wall, they let it down at night and in the day time they used to for a seat. They also had straw in a corner of the kitchen for beds.(continues on next page)- Collector
- May Mc Clelland
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kiffagh, Co. Cavan