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School: Maio (roll number 13119)

Location:
Trohanny, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire Ní Chreaig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 105

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  2. Cutting the Turf

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    We have a bog of our own. We did not make any turf in it this year, as it is nearly waste. We made sods in Curran’s bog, Tierworker. The sods are made of mud. The mud is dug up and broke fine with water. They it is spread out in a thick layer on the bank and cut into sods later. It is lifted when dry, made into windrows, and afterwards clamped.
    We have 4 perches taken at ten shillings.
    Sue Pringle
    Killagriffe, Tierworker
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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