FROM 1830 - 1860 > SHELTER & HOUSING               1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40               A ‘Court’ Poor urban dwellers sometimes lived in rough houses built around a court yard. Belfast had a number of these courts and the name has ...     Jug and Bowl With no running water and no bathrooms, people washed in their bedrooms. Servants heated the water and carried it upstairs to the ...     A Rush Light Rush lights were home-made sources of lighting. Rushes were cut from boggy ground and dipped in animal fat. This allowed the light to ...     Pig in House Animals like cows and pigs often shared their accommodation with their owners.     Creepie Stool These small stools, which were called creepies in Ulster, were made from thick, odd shaped pieces of timber. They were very common in ...     Mountain Cabin This mid 19th century one-room cabin from the Sperrin Mountains is an example of the type of housing frequently seen in remote upland ...     <>             1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40