School: Moyne (C.) (roll number 13990)
- Location:
- Moyne, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Uí Tháibh
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- In old times people threshed all their oats with a flail
James Sheridan of Moyne who lived in Moyne bog was a famous thresher He could thresh a stack of oats every day. The flail consisted of two sticks tied together with a flax cord. One of the sticks was heavier than the other and the person took the heavy stick in his hand and hit the oats with the lighter one and knocked the grain out of it. Long ago the farmers built the oats in stacks and when they were going to thresh they brought in the stack to the barn(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Jo Gray
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moyne, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mr Francis Gallagher
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 43
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Leggagh, Co. Longford