Scoil: Scairt (B.), Cill Dairbhe (uimhir rolla 4126)

Ar an leathanach seo

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   “How the people lived in olden days.”

   

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   out it burned every furze even to the very roots.
   This was a great loss to the people, and then they had to use more turf. Every farmer had a stack of turf in his haggard.
   The "Great frost" broke out in 1878. It lasted for seven weeks and every furze bush was burned to the very roots. It was also called the "seven weeks frost" and it was said to be the hardest frost within memory.
   They had to work very hard in those days. They had to thresh the corn with flails.
   The flails consisted of two sticks tied with a gad. This they twisted around and hit off the heads of the corn.
   The corn was planted in ridges and then it was cut with a hook. There were no such things as slated houses. Almost every house was thatched.
   They used to "scotch" the wheat and then they got the reeds for thatching purposes. They got a barrel and on this they tied a rack. Then they got a bunch of wheat, and it served them as reeds.
   Next they got a sieve much like those nowadays, and they put the grain into it and shook it. The wind blew away the

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

   Stair Athraigh

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Peggie Cross

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   Baineann

   Aois

   14

   Faisnéiseoir

   Mrs E. Cross

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   Baineann

   Aois

   72

   Seoladh

   Cill Dairbhre, Co. Chorcaí