School: Berrings (Measctha) (roll number 4186)
- Location:
- Berrings, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Drisceoil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0348, Page 057
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- Over seventy years ago pillion riding on horse back was quite common in this district of Berrings. Women accompanied their husbands to funerals, weddings, to market etc seated on a pillion behind the saddle on which their husbands sat.
The pillion was attached to the saddle but was not strapped round the horse, and hanging from or attached to it was a stirrup. It was by means of this stirrup the woman got on the pillion on the horses back. This mode of travel was found more convenient than the 'common cart', especially for weddings or funerals.
Forty or fifty years ago the common cart drawn by a horse was the chief mode of conveyance in this district, and it was no uncommon sight to see 9 or 10 persons in one cart going to sports meetings or hurling or football matches when these games were more or less in their infancy.
When women travelled in the common cart, she was generally seated on a large sack filled with hay or straw placed in the centre of the cart.
Farmers thought more of their horses in far- off(continues on next page)
- Collector
- D. O Driscoll
- Informant
- E. Lane
- Address
- Berrings, Co. Cork
