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School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

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Gortaveha, Co. Clare
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P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 10_017

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  1. How they Used to Cut and to Thresh the Corn

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    How hey used cut and thresh the corn.
    Long ago the people had no way of cutting the corn only by a hook.That was a small piece of iron and a bit of a stick stuck into it.it was very slow for cutting it but they had no better.
    Then they used have awful bother threshing it. If they could they used have two sticks tied together called a flail.They used hit the sheaf with this and the oats would fall out of it.Sometimes they scutched it.How they did this was to leave a big stone up on a chair and strike the sheaf against it.Then they used riddle it with a riddle and take away all the heavy chaff and sops.Then they used bring it out in the open air and win it with a sieve and prepare it for the market .All the people around used
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hanora Corry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mr Martin Corry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare