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Old Manure Pits

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Cuan an Bhainigh (Bannow) school (Carrick, Co. Wexford) from informant Peter Colfer Dempsey.

Original reference: 0876/1/20

 Cuan an Bhainigh (Bannow) [Vol. 0876, Chapter 0001]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Wexford Schools

INFORMANT
Colfer Dempsey, Peter
Gender
male
Location
Bannow (Townland) 
Bannow (Civil parish) 
Bargy (Barony) 
Wexford (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Old Manure Pits  [duchas:5000421]

When I went out first (as labourer) the farmers used gather all the Scutch grass from Tillage field and throw it in the bottom of a trench.  About May or June in the slack time the man would draw "woar" and heap it on it.  They they used cover it with a thick coat of Bannow sand and leave it to mould away.  The next spring they'd turn it over and 'twould be the finest of manure.

Resource description

Origin information
Carrick, Co. Wexford
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 024
Volume 0876
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Tomás Breatnach.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
narratives   linked data (afset)
Narratives--Scéalta
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Agriculture--Talmhaíocht
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Supernatural and legendary beings--Neacha neamhshaolta agus osnádúrtha
School location
Carrick An Charraig Carrick Wexford
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5130127
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0876/1/20

Suggested credit
"Old Manure Pits"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5130127>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Tomás Breatnach.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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