Bertie Faulkner, aged 76, Ringsend, Garvagh, Co Derry, uses a 100-year old scythe made by a blacksmith, at the vintage corn-cutting day at Poundtown, Greencastle, on Sunday. The event was organised by the Inishowen Vintage Agricultural Show committee. Harvest time: using traditional methods to cut the corn during the vintage day in Greencastle. Carrowmenagh local historian Sean Beattie brings his camera for some shots of the vintage harvesting. Bertie Faulkner, Garvagh, sharpens his 100-year old scythe before cutting some sheaves of corn at Pound Street. Annie Bonner, Ballymacarthur, ties some corn sheaves during the vintage day on Sunday in a scorching Greencastle.
Bertie Faulkner, aged 76, Ringsend, Garvagh, Co Derry, uses a 100-year old scythe made by a blacksmith, at the vintage corn-cutting day at Poundtown, Greencastle, on Sunday. The event was organised by the Inishowen Vintage Agricultural Show committee.
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