Scoil: Glascorn (uimhir rolla 16615)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. The Old Houses (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   times on the middle of the floor but he never heard of houses having no chimney.

   They usually had a bed in the kitchen. It was placed by the back-wall and was called a settle-bed. My grandfather has a settle-bed an and it is placed at the back wall. In olden times there was no glass in the windows but instead they had iron bars and shutters which they closed at night. These were left open during the day. Every house in the district in olden times had a half door but half doors are not so common nowadays although they are still to be seen in some houses.

   Turf or wood was the only fuel available in those days because coal had not come to this district at that time and even if it had, the people had no way of burning it because the fireplace was on

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Thomas Casey

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Seoladh

   Baile an Bhrochtúnaigh, Co. na hIarmhí

   Faisnéiseoir

   Joseph Reilly

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Aois

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   Gairm bheatha

   Farmer (Léirítear teidil na ngairmeacha i mBailiúchán na Scol sa bhunteanga inar cláraíodh iad)

   Seoladh

   Balleagny, Co. na hIarmhí