Scoil: Taobh Breac (uimhir rolla 15227)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. Is the Ice-Box or Refrigerator a Modern Invention? (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   the scourge of English raids, persecutions and plantations caused the owners to vacate their territory leaving the butter behind.

   This particular untensil is evidently hand-carved from the bowl of a tree, is 10 inches in height and 6 inches in diameter. The total weight of the untensil and content is 9 lbs. The butter now resembles a hardened form or putty and is almost snow-white in colour.

   Mr. Patrick Catherson who discovered it, says that he came on it immediately after ‘paring’ operations in cutting the turf.

   The discovery, apart from its antique value, shows that the Irish understood the modern principles in refrigeration, and the values of bog as a preservative.

   I would like to say, en passent, that my visit to this house in the centre of a vast bog (Catherson’s, Pollyarmon) impressed me very much. A small thatched cottage, with a very cheerful old woman (Mrs Catherson) and family, were isolated from the world, surrounded by a few stunted shrubs and elder trees, just on the “border” that divides “Northern Ireland” from what was formerly called “The Free State”. What impressed me most, was the little garden which is the care

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Donnachadh E. Mac Congáile

   Inscne

   Fireann

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