School: An Cheathrú Gharbh
- Location:
- Carrowgarve, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Fiachra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 568
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- In the beginning of Summer the people start cutting the turf. They bring with them spade, turf-spade, and a wheelbarrow. Some of the farmers gather a lot of men to help them with the turf. That is known as a “mehall”. They cut all the turf in one day or two.
They put the turf on the bank for it to dry. About a week or a fortnight they turn it. After another week or a fortnight they put six or seven sods together for it to dry.
That is known as “reccling” [?] the turf. When it is dry they bring it home and stack it in their gardens.
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- Mary Ellen Ormsby
- Gender
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