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School: Moyne (C.) (roll number 13990)

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Moyne, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Bean Uí Tháibh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0767, Page 035

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    In old times people threshed all their oats with a flail
    James Sheridan of Moyne who lived in Moyne bog was a famous thresher He could thresh a stack of oats every day. The flail consisted of two sticks tied together with a flax cord. One of the sticks was heavier than the other and the person took the heavy stick in his hand and hit the oats with the lighter one and knocked the grain out of it. Long ago the farmers built the oats in stacks and when they were going to thresh they brought in the stack to the barn
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Jo Gray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moyne, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mr Francis Gallagher
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    43
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Leggagh, Co. Longford