School: Ceathrú Mhór (roll number 16289)

Location:
Carrowmore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Thomas F. O' Hara
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    machine. The scythe is made from a long pole with a bend in it and a sharp blade. There are two pieces of timber attached to the pole which are called "doirníns". The mowing machine is drawn by a horse and it is far quicker than the scythe.
    Fifty or sixty years ago the people scutched the oats. They thresh nearly all their corn with a flail now. This implement is composed of two sticks joined together with a piece of calico. The longer one which the man holds in his hands is called the "culpán" and the other one with which he hits the corn, is called the 'buailtín" [?]. During the last few years some of the farmers get their corn threshed with a threshing machine. There are men who move about from place to place (and the farmers) with those machines
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Ward
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doonty, Co. Mayo