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School: Móin Ruadh, Knocktopher

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Moanroe Commons, Co. Kilkenny
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Donncha Ó Dochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0849, Page 228

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    men get a pint of it and another after dinner. This is called threshing beer, and it is drunk with great pleasure by the workers.
    The beer is supplied by Strangsman's lorry. In olden times there were no threshing engines, and instead of threshing it they used scutch it. A cover is spread on the ground and a large stone was placed on top of it. Two men stand, one at each side of the stone, and strike each sheaf off the stone.
    Then the oats was gathered and winnowed. The it was sold.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Holden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullinavat, Co. Kilkenny