School: An Ghráinseach, Cluain Meala (roll number 7982)
- Location:
- Grange, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh
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- Threshing with a Flail
(Parish of Newcastle 40 years ago)
The Flail.
The handle was called "The colpa"
The "gad" was generally an ash sapling of suitable length and thickness. A supply of these saplings for "buailteáns" were cut beforehand and seasoned.
I was told that in old times a tough "sally" was used as a "gad".
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- Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir