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School: Dysert (roll number 8640)

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Dysart, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
C. Nic Eochagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0737, Page 492

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  1. The Bog

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    The bog is a place where many people cut turf.
    Before they cut the turf they have to clean the bank they take off three or four feet to fill up the boghole.
    Some people cut that as turf. It is called Keab.
    When the boghole is full they make barrow ways with heather so that the barrows of turf will not sink; when they have the barrow ways they begin to cut the turf.
    One boghole at a time, the size of a boghole is 5½ yards long and 4 yards broad.
    They cut eight feet next the high bank down to the bottom then they cut the four feet that they have left
    It is called a side dam. It is left there so that the water out of the old boghole will not
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Conlon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 56
    Address
    Dysart, Co. Westmeath