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School: Robinstown (roll number 9039)

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Robinstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Teresa Coyne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0698, Page 437

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  1. A Flail

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    A flail was the only thing the people had for threshing corn long ago. It consisted of a long stick called a handstaff and a small sally stick called a bokeen was tied to it with a piece of eelskin called a míglen. A piece of leather was put on the end of the handstaff and a piece of the end of the bokeen to tie on the miglin, it was called a cauben. A heap of rubbish of straw was put under the grain. It was usualy threshed in a shed with a good floor in it.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dermot Mac Kenna
    Gender
    Male