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School: Trí Trian (Three Trees) (roll number 2680)

Location:
Three Trees, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Caitlín A. Scott
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 432

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    stops.
    A man holds back the arms to keep it from running up against the horses heels.
    A man feeds to the mill and another man cuts the straps with a knife.
    The drum in side off the mill takes off the ears.
    The corn falls down under the mill
    A man behind the mill takes back the straw with a fork. and another man builds it in a stack in the garden.
    Then the corn is cleaned with a pair of fans.
    A man turns the handle of the fans to clean the corn.
    There are riddles in the fans.
    A pair of wipers go round and blow the chalf off the corn.
    Then it is put into bags and sold to the corn buyers and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Allen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Three Trees, Co. Donegal