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Old Houses

Abstract: Story collected by Máire Áine Ní Reachtnáin, a student at Cluain Róiste school (Clonroche, Co. Wexford) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0899/4/42

 Cluain Róiste [Vol. 0899, Chapter 0004]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Wexford Schools

COLLECTOR
Reachtnáin, Máire Áine Ní 
Gender
female

Story text

transcribed at

 

Old Houses  [duchas:5007737]

The old house in Co. Wexford were made of mud and clay. In other places the houses were made of mud and stones. Wexford had no stones in that time and that is the reason why most of the houses in Co. Wexford were made of mud and clay.

The roofs of the houses were thatched. The floors were made of a sticky clay, well wetted and trampled and made a hard clay floor.

Furze bushes cut into faggots allowed to wither made very good fires. Old withered dung gathered in from the field was also used for making fires.

Half doors are common in this district. Candles were made by Biddy Bartle.
15th November 1938
Máire Áine Ní Reachtnáin

Resource description

Origin information
Clonroche, Co. Wexford
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 251
Volume 0899
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Pádraig S. Ó Dubhghaill.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Dwellings--Folklore
Residential buildings--An teach cónaithe
School location
Clonroche Cluain an Róistigh Clonroche Chapel Bantry Wexford
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5132864
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0899/4/42

Suggested credit
"Old Houses"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5132864>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Pádraig S. Ó Dubhghaill.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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