School: Gaduidhe Dubh (C.)
- Location:
- An Ghadaigh Dhubh, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Cáitlín Ní Mhiothagáin
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- (continued from previous page)the weather was stormy
the people would fill
these holes with old
clothes or put boards
on them. Some people
had doors on hinges so
they could open and close
it as they pleased.
The houses had no
chimneys either. There was
a hole in the middle of
the roof and some people
put a box or a barrel on
the top of this hole to
make it look like a
chimney. The fire was
made underneath this hole
In the stormy winter
nights all the people of
the house gathered round
it. The smoke went ever(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Mc Eleney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mín Dobhráin , Co. Dhún na nGall
- Informant
- Sarah Mc Eleney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Mín Dobhráin , Co. Dhún na nGall