School: Carne (roll number 8941)
- Location:
- Carna, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Máiréad L. de Búrca
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“The people had very small farms in Carne long ago...”
The people had very small farms in Carne long ago, about ten acres or so.
They dug land with spade, most of them. Others who had timber plough and timber harrows, used them (a luxury in those days). They made their own plough and harrow. A smith made iron coulter and sock for plough.
They made pins for harrow out of furze bush. They threshed corn with flail. They winnowed it with sieve in wind. They put corn in sacks and brought it to town on horseback.They sowed corn (beans, barley, wheat and oats) out of "skips".
The skips were made from split briars and wheaten straw.
Jim Ronan, Carne, made them 50 years ago. They were about two feet long, eight inches wide and eight inches deep, (half-moon shape). The wheaten straw was interwoven with briars, sort of basketry, and skip was quite nice when finished.(continues on next page)