School: Gort na Díogha (roll number 15587)
- Location:
- Gortnadeeve West, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Séamus Ó Dochartaigh Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 070h
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- Long ago the people used to grind meal in the houses. They had two flags about eighteen inches in diameter and about four inches thick
and this was called a quern.
Thos. Brennan said he never saw the quern but instead he saw the oats put in a pot and dried at the fire. Six or eight stone that was dried at a time. This pot was called "boskgeen pota." Then they brought the oats to the kiln to be ground.
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- Informant
- Thomas Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 91
- Address
- Knockmascahill, Co. Galway
