School: Lisnafunchin, Castlecomer (roll number 16230)
- Location:
- Lisnafunshin, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Riagáin
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“Long ago when the people wanted to reap the corn...”
Long ago when the people wanted to reap the corn they used to join a cradle to a scythe. When the cradle was full of corn they used to bind it and then make another one. When they used want to thresh it they used to hit it against a stone. When it was dry they used to take it out on a windy day to winnow it. They used to grind the corn between two stones
- Collector
- Bernadette Healy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Healy
- Gender
- Male