1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Tír na Sligeach (B.) (Tiernasligo)

School: Tír na Sligeach (B.) (Tiernasligo) (roll number 16107)

Location:
Tirnasligo, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán Ó Dochartaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1122, Page 4

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1122, Page 4

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Tír na Sligeach (B.) (Tiernasligo)
  2. XML Page 4
  3. XML “Battling the Straw”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Battling the Straw

    Share Share Post
    "Battling" the Straw
    When the thrasher has a big heap of straw thrashed around him, he puts it out of his way by 'battling' it. This is how he does it.
    He gathers a big armful of straw between his breast and his knees. Then he puts one arm around one of the ends and gathers it together and makes a sort of rope from it. He then does the same with the other end and ties both together. Bunches like these are called 'battles'. Then he piles them in one corner of the barn. These 'battles' can be carried from the barn to the byre and stable without losing any of the straw.
    3-2-'38 James Conaghan
    Letter
    Rang VIII
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Conaghan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Letter, Co. Donegal