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Grinding grain in a quern, Inishmurray, County Sligo, 1900 (platinum print)

Grinding grain in a quern, Inishmurray, County Sligo, 1900 (platinum print)
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IMAGE number
SXT930901
Image title
Grinding grain in a quern, Inishmurray, County Sligo, 1900 (platinum print)
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Artist
Welch, Robert John (1859–1936) / Irish
Location
Sean Sexton Collection
Medium
platinum print
Date
1900 AD (C19th AD)
Image description

By the turn of the century grain was usually ground in a central mill, but on this late summer day Mary Heraghty is doing it herself, with a quern, a time-consuming but effective Stone-Age device. Note the boy on the right, dressed as a girl, for fear the fairies might carry him off. This was a common way of protecting precious sons.

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Sean Sexton Collection / Bridgeman Images
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19th century / child / boy / food / everyday life / old person / grinding / nineteenth century / ireland / superstition / flour / female / birls / rural / grandchildren / corn / 19thc / historical / stone age / superstitious / chores / supernatural / grain / 19th century / protection / irish / food preparation / photography / outdoors / traditional / son / vintage / fairies / male / grandmother / black and white photograph / family / superstitions / history / sligo / quern / inishmurray / folklore

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