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HOMES 12

contents : From 1830 - 1860 : Shelter & Housing
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Summary: A Kitchen Interior

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Even strong farmers lived a simple lifestyle, sleeping on wooden beds that usually had straw bedding. Lighting was provided by candle and the turf fire was the only source of heat. There was often little furniture in these houses.

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A kitchen interior by artist John Mulvany

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