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Article: A farewell to the old sod As an EU directive brings traditional turf-cutting to an end, Liam Collins remembers long days in the bog.
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- Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- March 9, 2008
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A farewell to the old sod
As an EU directive brings traditional turf-cutting to an end, Liam Collins remembers long days in the bog
CUTTING turf was more than a country pastime; it was a way of life. The cutting of the turf, the footing (stacking) of the turf and getting it home and into the shed were the mark of a true countryman.
Around the turf fire on a long winter's night, before television ruined it all, there would be endless discussion about the methods of cutting turf, and about who kept a good bog and who did not. Timing was everything, because if you cut the turf but did not stack it up to dry, it could become pitted and ruined by ...
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...YOUNGSTERS from a County Durham school will don hard hats and roll up their sleeves to start the work on a new Sure Start children's centre tomorrow. Nursery children from Benfieldside Primary School in Consett will join their head teacher, councillors and school governors in cutting the first turf
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