Scoil: 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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   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Teangacha

   Gaeilge

   Béarla

   Faisnéiseoir

   Florence Angland

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   Baineann

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   An Mhaoilinn, Co. Chorcaí

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   Jeremiah O' Keeffe

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   Gairm bheatha

   Quarryman (Léirítear teidil na ngairmeacha i mBailiúchán na Scol sa bhunteanga inar cláraíodh iad)

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   An Mhaoilinn, Co. Chorcaí

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   John P. Browne

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   An Mhaoilinn, Co. Chorcaí