cutting turf the old way by hand

cutting turf the old way by hand

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• cutting
• turf
• the
• old
• way
• slane
• hand
• sods
• bog
• peat
• kildare

[specialk18701]

where do you find peat to cut

[madfortrad5958]

we own our own bogs specialk18701

[madfortrad5958]

we own our own bogs specialk18701 

[camaro4542u]

so this is fire wood for winter ?

[madfortrad5958]

something like that

dry peat (turf)

[crustymoore]

were ye spreading on the  low bank

[madfortrad5958]

thanks for looking crusty

yeah we were

[donkey3214]

@SWEETWILLKINGSTON Are you sure it was not some guy that let off one...lol

To much drink has that effect......especially Guinness !!

[StruanSkye]

how would you get heather off the top by hand?

as peat hasn't been cut there for years.

[neil7025]

My dad cutt turf in cork and the tea was brought To the bogg turf is nonexistent in the south west only up in mayo and sligo did I see it why people getting lazy these days

[TrickyWoo315]

Peat is the closet smell to heaven I've come across in my travels. I always feel like I'm "home". God bless Eire.

[SWEETWILLKINGSTON]

we burnt some of this stuff in our bar and it smelled awesome! 

[monsignor087]

I remember cuttin turf with me father. Cuttin wasn't too bad but cleaning a bank now thats work.

[MonkeyWrench1989]

think of it as coal, just hasnt gone through the coalification process in order to be considered coal. Its young "coal" basically.