School: Moys (roll number 10837)
- Location:
- Moy Otra, Co. Monaghan
- Teachers: P. Dawson C. Mac an Ghirr
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0936, Page 140
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The old wemon long ago would be out digging a five acer field before brickfast with a spade.
The people long ago ploughed with a woading plough. The old wemon would would have to make the collars and they could make them better the men. The colars were made with a bag and straw. The straw was platted and put into the bag so that it would not hurt the horse's shoulders. The back-ropes were called toeropes and there was a bag platted and it was put across the horse's backs and tieed to the toeropes. The duble-tree of the plough was a blackthorn stick cut out of the hedge. They would cut a track around the stick and tie the toeropes to it. The mollbord of it was(continues on next page)
