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School: Loughteague, Stradbally (roll number 6129)

Location:
Loughteeog, Co. Laois
Teachers:
Brigid Keane Brighid Ní Chatháin
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  1. Terms Used in Farming

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    Ditch
    a bushy fence - earthen bank topped with bushes whether high or low, thick or thin growth
    Bun-Ditch - an earthen bank without any bushes
    Dyke - a deep trench usually water filled

    Hedge
    generally around garden near dwelling house or the entrance to house. The hedge is trimmed regularly and kept at a certain definite height. It may be whitethorn , privet, snowberry or blackthorn.

    Clash - a pool of water such as forms at roadside

    Craft
    perhaps a form of "croft" - a small field or plot about an acre or so in size. The two acre field at Teacher's (?) Residence is always called a "Craft".

    Scrub
    the thicket growth of hazel, furze, blackthorn and whitethorn found on top end shoulder of hill or in waste corners

    Currack - (hard K sound) marshy land also "the curracks".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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