| William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 páginas
...antient way of dressing corn, called graddan, from he Irish word grad signifying quick, is as follows. A woman sitting down, takes a handful of corn, holding...a flame : she has a stick in her right hand, which «he manages very dexterously, beating off the grain at tlir very instant, when the husk is quite burnt... | |
| James Logan - 1831 - 470 páginas
...then sets fire to the ears, and being provided with a stick in her right hand, she dexterously beats off the grain at the very instant when the husk is quite burnt, neither allowing the grain to be injured, nor striking before it is ready to fall. This practice is... | |
| James Logan - 1833 - 556 páginas
...then sets fire to the ears, and being provided with a stick in her right hand, she dexterously beats off the grain at the very instant when the husk is quite burnt, neither allowing the grain to be injured, nor striking before it is ready to fall. This practice is... | |
| James Orange - 1840 - 542 páginas
...bread was made in those early times was very simple and expeditious, — a woman sitting down took a handful of corn, holding it by the stalks in her left hand, and then set fire to the ears, which were presently in a flame, she had a stick in her right hand which she... | |
| James Logan - 1843 - 568 páginas
...then sets fire to the ears, and being provided with a stick in her right hand, she dexterously beats off the grain at the very instant when the husk is quite burnt, neither allowing the grain to be injured, nor striking before it is ready to fall. This practice is... | |
| George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - 1846 - 900 páginas
...Scotland. " It is called graddan," says Mnrtin, " from the Irish word grad, which signifiée quick. A woman, sitting down, takes a handful of corn, holding...flame ; she has a stick in her right hand, which she ménagée very dextrously, beating off the grain at the very instant when the husk is quite burnt ;... | |
| Edward Farr - 1848 - 562 páginas
...bruising the grain, they made food for immediate use. Some vestiges of this ancient usage were remaining not long ago in the western islands of Scotland, and...which are presently in a flame ; she has a stick in htr right hand, which she manages very dexterously, beating off the grain at the very instant when... | |
| John Kitto - 1855 - 734 páginas
...dressing corn, called graddan, from the Celtic word graity. signifying '• quick," is as follows: itl. uses very dexterously, beating off the grain at the very instant when the husk is quite burnt. Practice... | |
| John Kitto - 1866 - 478 páginas
...Islands of Scotland, where this mode is called gradden, from the Irish word grad, signifying quick. A woman, sitting down, takes a handful of corn, holding it by the stalks in the left hand, and then sets fire to the ears, which are presently in a flame : she has a stick in... | |
| England - 1873 - 664 páginas
...recent period. In his description of these isles, Martin says : — •" A woman sitting down take* a handful of corn, holding it by the stalks in her...She has a stick in her right hand, which she manages with much dexterity, beating off the grain the instant the husk is quite burnt, for if she miss of... | |
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