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School: Moyne (C.) (roll number 13990)

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Moyne, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Bean Uí Tháibh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0767, Page 098

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    Long ago people threshed their oats with two flails in the kitchen. They put a big heap of oats on the floor. Two men come along with big sticks and beat the sheaves. Then another man gathered up all the straw and made it into big cocks. They gathered all the oats and chaff into bags and put it up on the loft. Then when a windy day came the people brought out the bags of oats on the street and cleaned the chaff out of it. Then there was a riddle and range. The riddle was for riddling the oats and cleaning some of the straw out of it. The range was for finishing the oats. Then the oats was put into bags and brought to the mill and ground into meal to make porridge and oaten bread.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Catherine Maguire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Farmullagh, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Maguire
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    42
    Address
    Farmullagh, Co. Longford