School: Drumandoora N.S. (roll number 12123)
- Location:
- Drumandoora, Co. Clare
- Teachers: Liam Mac Aodhaire Liam Airley
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5th April 1938
Folklore.
Long ago when the old people were measuring any crops such as potatoes,turnips ,mangolds and wheat they used an as basket for measuring potatoes a basketfull was counted as 1 cwt weight and four big bucketfulls filled a basket.
When measuring milk or water long ago they said a cupfull made a half pint and two cupfulls one pint.
Whe the old people were measuring land they paced it .
- Collector
- Annie Moloney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killanena, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mr John Moloney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killanena, Co. Clare
