Photograph of a boy threshing on [Inis Mór]

‘Threshing on Aran’ [Inis Mór]. A young island boy in ragged homespun trousers beats a sheaf of corn against upright stones. Rye was grown on the islands primarily for straw. After threshing a flail was used to remove all traces of grain which might later sprout in the thatch. Description based on i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Synge, J. M. John Millington, 1871-1909
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin 2020
Subjects:
Threshing
Ireland > Pictorial works
Photography > Irleand
Ireland > History > 20th century
Aran Islands Ireland > Pictorial works
Inishmore Ireland
Young Island
Mór
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.48495/2v23vt604
https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/concern/works/2v23vt604
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Summary:‘Threshing on Aran’ [Inis Mór]. A young island boy in ragged homespun trousers beats a sheaf of corn against upright stones. Rye was grown on the islands primarily for straw. After threshing a flail was used to remove all traces of grain which might later sprout in the thatch. Description based on information found in My wallet of photographs: the collected photographs of J. M. Synge, arranged and introduced by Lilo Stephens (Dublin: Dolmen Editions, 1971).Date: approximately 1898-early 1900s.

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