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School: Drumcharley, An Tulach

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Drumcharley, Co. Clare
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Máire Nig Dhubháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0590, Page 106

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    In olden times the people had no such things as ploughs, and harrows, and horses to cultivate the soil. The only implements used were spades, shovels and forks. They dug all the soil with spades and sowed potatoes, corn and other crops. They kept them wed and soft while they were growing. When harvest came they dug the potatoes with spades picked them and carried them home on their backs. They reaped the corn with scythes sheaved and stooked it and made stacks of it in the haggard. They had to tresh it with wooden instruments called "flails".
    They could not go and get it ground at the mill that time by machinery. The had two round flat
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cristiona Ní Chaoimh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Stonepark, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Dómhnal Ó Chaoimh
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Stonepark, Co. Clare