School: Maoilinn (B.), Áth Treasna
- Location:
- An Mhaoilinn, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Diarmuid de Brún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0350, Page 121
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- (continued from previous page)A criceóg of turf is a term applied to the amount of turf put standing together when it is being 'footed'. A cadhrán of turf is a small sod.The following terms are applied to hay:-
A scythe of hay, a beart of hay, a gabháil of hay, a creabhar.
A scythe of hay is the area of ground which one man should be able to mow in a day with a scythe - half an Irish acre.A beart of hay is the amount taken on a person's back and tied or held with a rope. This is frequently called a bundle. 'Take a beart of hay to the heifers'A gabháil of hay - the amount taken with arms extended and held between them and body.A creabhar of hay is the amount put into a small cock when the hay is 'taken off the ground' before it is still fit to put into 'winds'. Winds (sometimes spelled wynds) are the large meadow-cocks into which the hay is made when it is saved.(continues on next page)
- 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
