School: Baile Nua an Fhaoitigh (roll number 9040)
- Location:
- Newtownwhite, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Éilís Ní Mharascáil
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- About fifty years ago the people here used "Paurdogs" for putting out manure on the land.
Making a "Paurdog". First cut a green sod and leave it on the ground, then put the standards upright in the sod. Wind small rods through the standards. When about 2 feet high is made they leave a row of holes for lifting it. The "Paurdog" is about four feet high and it has a false bottom. A thick stick is left across the bottom and when they are manuring the land they pull out the stick and the manure drops out easily. This stick is called a sughan.Obtained from Sam Jackson
Aged 52 years
Newtown
Ballina
Co Mayo
- Informant
- Sam Jackson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Newtownwhite, Co. Mayo
- First a hoop is found generally the rim of an old bicycle wheel. Then a thick sally rod is placed in the hoop, each end is tied to the rim and the rod bent down in the middle. Four more(continues on next page)
