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   and old kilns may be seen on many farms. Most of the farms in the district were reclaimed with lime and blue sand. My grand father's time huge pits of sand were dug, and the sand carried in creels up ladders out of the pit. A creelfull of sand generally weighed about 2 1/2 ewts. Men were employed at that time for carry manure for cropland in creels often from one end of a farm to the other. Threepence per day was the wage paid for this laborious task. There were no carts to be had then. A man by the name of Tommy Gilligan and another man named Rooney known locally as the "Peter the Provost" who lived in Kiltyclogher hried themselves out to the farmers for carrying manure. Hay also had to be carried to haystacks and men were often injured for life for carrying extra big loads. It used generally take 18 to 20 men to make a haystack and when the work was finished there was always plenty of whisking to treat the workers. As whiskey was only one shilling per pint.

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Brigid Mc Gourty

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   P.J. O' Rourke

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Gortnaderrary, Co. Leitrim