My husband and I recently returned from Sneem. As we were driving to Cahirciveen one morning, 2 tour buses were stopped on the side of the road outside Waterville. The "tourists" were taking pix of 2 reeks of turf on the side of the road as well as the bog where the turf was cut by machine. My husband's sister in Kenmare had bought a tractor of turf from Waterville and gave us a couple of bags of it. There is something about the smell of turf - I remember when I first went to Ireland in the 1970s, everyone burned turf. Now in Sneem there is only 1 man who cuts the bog. MEM --- Noreen910@aol.com wrote: > > > In a message dated 6/1/2007 9:48:31 AM Eastern > Daylight Time, > raymarsh@mninter.net writes: > > Soon they will be spending millions (of other > people's money) establishing > turf cutting demonstrations so folk will be able to > learn how it was done in > the "olden days." > > Our equivalent geniuses live in New York City and > Washington, D.C. > > > Ray > > > > You know, this summer will be the first that my > husband and I will be able > to stay in our own refurbished house in Kerry and > one of the things we really > looked forward to was finding out if we had our own > section of bog to cut > turf - not that we were actually planning to, but > it's nice to know and we have > a solid fuel burning stove for heat. It's really > quite a shame that the old > ways are being phased out, the smell of turf > burning is just wonderful. I > suppose I'll be able to find some, since some of the > old timers still heat with > it, but it's sad that something so wonderful is now > frowned upon. Just wait > twenty years or so and they'll be telling everyone > that the fuel used in lieu > of turf (for the environment) is causing some new > dread disease! Lord, I do > sound cranky - sorry! > Noreen in NY > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's > free at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front