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Chopping Furze for Horses Etc.

Abstract: Story collected by Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh, a student at An Ghráinseach, Cluain Meala school (Grange, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0571/1/32

 An Ghráinseach, Cluain Meala [Vol. 0571, Chapter 0001]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Tipperary Schools

COLLECTOR
Maolchathaigh, Séamus Ó 
Gender
male
Occupation
múinteoir

Story text

transcribed at

 

Chopping Furze for Horses Etc.  [duchas:4864908]

Chopping Furze for Horses etc.
I often saw furze chopper for horses etc. by a chaff-cutting machine in Croan, Parish of Newcastle, over 40 years ago.
This is how I saw furze chopped by a man who had no machine.
A kind of box about 2 feet square made of larch poles about 2 inches in diameter and undressed was sunk in the ground and flush with the surface. It was about 1 foot in depth. The young furze was packed into this and chopped by a knife called a furze knife.
Diagram
Irish Terms
Furze knife: Scian aitinn
Chopping furze: Ag brughadh aitinn.
The "box": An t-umar.

Resource description

Origin information
Grange, Co. Tipperary
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 058
Volume 0571
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh.
Languages
English  Irish  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Agriculture--Talmhaíocht
School location
Grange An Ghráinseach Grange Tullaghmelan Iffa and Offa West Tipperary
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5020844
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0571/1/32

Suggested credit
"Chopping Furze for Horses Etc."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_5020844>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh.
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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