Old Farming Ways is a new Series presented by Adrian O’ Connor. In Episode 3, ‘Pig Farming’ Carmel O’ Connor casts her memory back to when her father, William Commane of Rockmount Cross and the days when he kept over 300 pigs. Carmel tells us how her father used gruel to feed the pigs back in the old days and when it was phased out. She also tells us about her father’s ability to make their own clothes and how he taught her to sew & stitch.
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Old Farming Ways – Episode 2 – Turf
Old Farming Ways is a new series by Adrian O’ Connor. In Episode 2, ‘Turf Cutting’ Bernie O’ Connor tells us about his days cutting turf in Lissycasey Co, Clare. He talks about his first experience with the bog, the tools used like the sleán and the hard work involved in cutting it, footing it and bringing the turf home for the winter to head farm house.
Old Farming Ways – Episode 1 – Old Machinery
Old Farming Ways is a new series presented by Adrian O’ Connor. In Episode 1, ‘Old Machinery’ The hay car, or hay boggie, was used to bring in the hay from the fields. The trams of hay were winched on board using ropes and a ratchet system. Adrian chats with his uncle Bernie about those days when all the work on the land was done by horse drawn machines like the Hay Rake. The hay rake collected, or raked up, the hay in order to make ‘hay Trams’ in the fields. Bernie explains how a tumbling paddy worked.