School: Maoilinn (B.), Áth Treasna

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1. Measurements Used in this Locality

   

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   A ladhar of meal, flour, bran etc. A ladhar is the amount taken with the open hand. A dorm of meal is often given to a young calf or to chickens. A dorm is the amount taken in the closed fist. A mám of oats, meal, pollard flour etc as above. A mám is the amount taken with both hands together.

   In measuring turf the following terms are always used. 'Bring in a sgíth of turf'. A sgíth is a wicker-basket, hollow & having sides. 'Bring in a gabháil og turf' - the amount taken between arms away from body.

   A cis of turf would be the amount required to fill a very large basket. Such baskets are out of use in this district now-a-days.
   Six cis of turf is the amount to make a big horse-load. Thirty cis make a quarter of turf.
   A quarter of turf is twenty feet long, eight feet wide and three feet high. (20'x8'x3').
   Five cis of turf is the usual horse-load. Thus there would be six loads in a quarter.

   A críol of turf is the term applied to a small load e.g. a donkey's load.

   A sleaghán of turf is the amount which one man should be able to cut in a day - a quarter and a half, i.e. 12 loads.

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   History Edit

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Informant

   Florence Angland

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   An Mhaoilinn, Co. Chorcaí

   Informant

   Jeremiah O' Keeffe

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Quarryman

   Address

   An Mhaoilinn, Co. Chorcaí

   Informant

   John P. Browne

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   An Mhaoilinn, Co. Chorcaí