Volume: CBÉ 0190

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   “This is the conclusion of what I sent in, in my last book. It concerns the work that goes on in a farmhouse kitchen.”

   

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   to Christmas month and the turkeys are "all the talk". They are all strutting around the yard little thinking that their time is getting short. The woman of the house is coaxing them to eat every hour of the day because the heavier and fatter they are the more money she will get for them. The buyers come to the house and give so much per pound for them and a day is named to bring them in to Wexford. A horse and cart is required to bring them in, or perhaps two horses and carts are needed. The turkeys are tied in pairs by the legs and packed side by side in plenty of straw. Then all start off in the direction of the town. When they reach the buyers yard the turkeys are weighed in pairs. The farmers wife receives

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   History Edit

   Date

   6 April 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Bean Uí Bhuitléir