School: Greenan's Cross (roll number 15687)
- Location:
- Leac Leibhre, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: J. Gavan
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- Oats is one of the grain crops of this country but now the people have another grain crop called wheat. The wheat is a finer crop than the oats when ground. From wheat we can make flour, whole meal, and bread. From oats we can get skilling seeds: some people use the seeds for fuel, we get dust and meal also.
Long ago the people shove their corn with a hook and threshed it with a flail; when they had it threshed they brought it in and put it on a big pan over the fire to dry, when it was dry they ground it with a quern. Long ago the people would have it to their supper that night.
Now-a-days the people cut their corn with a scythe or a mowingmachine, when they have(continues on next page)
