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Contents.Construction The loy is a narrow spade with a blade about 14 inches long by 3 inches wide and bent with a handle 5 to 6 feet long. The handle is normally made of. The blade has a single step for use with the right or left foot. Ridging using the loy The loy was traditionally used for the. In the 19th century, these were grown in a potato ridge, sometimes known as a. Sods were turned from either side to form the ridge. This was sometimes called copin the sods, and the sods forming the sides of the ridge were called cope sods.
A sod of earth about 2 feet (60 cm) wide on each side of the intended ridge was lifted by the loy and turned over so that the grassy sides were together. Was spread on the ridge part first. Narrow ridges were most often made with sets of around twelve sods. Loy ploughing took place on very small farms or on very hilly ground, where horses could not work or where farmers could not afford them and were used up until the 1960s in poorer land. This suited the moist climate of Ireland as the trenches formed by turning in the sods provided drainage. It also allowed the growing of potatoes in bogs as well as on mountain slopes where no other cultivation could take place.
Other uses As well as ploughing and ridgemaking, the loy was also used for lifting potatoes and digging. Loy digging is still a popular pastime in Ireland with a national Loy Digging Association. Loy digging is an integral part of the.
From Irish laighe. (UK) IPA: /lɔɪ/. Loy (plural loys). (Ireland) A type of spade used in Ireland. Katerina Myrna Williams (Myrna Loy), actress: born Raidersburg, Montana 2 August 1905; married 1932 Arthur Hornblow Jnr (marriage.
The loy in culture Theatre by Irish playwright, set in a public house in during the early 1900s, tells the story of Christy Mahon, a young man running away from his farm. Mahon claims he killed his father by driving a loy into his head. Literature Irish writer ' novels center around the Ed Loy, whose name is an homage to, the fictional character of 's. References. ^ Paul Hughes (3 March 2011). Archived from on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
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Retrieved 1 June 2011.Further reading. Bell, Jonathan. 'Wooden Ploughs From The Mountains Of Mourne, Ireland,' Tools & Tillage (1980) 4#1 pp 46–56. Watson, Mervyn. 'Common Irish Plough Types And Tillage Techniques,' Tools & Tillage (1985) 5#2 pp 85–98.External links.
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