And you put a- yeah, you put a sling- the sling was a two-part thing. And it went together with a- with a- a bit in the middle. And you hooked it over the end-gates on the wagon. One there and one here. And you built a row of sheaves. The same as you did with the hay, loose hay. And you put sheaves here. And sheaves here on the wagon. And then you- you- you bound the centre in, but you go this way with one, that way with the other one, and that way with the centre.

... a hayfork that you just chucked into the hay, but this thing here had to start all on a sling, so you took this end and you hooked a rope on there and on here. And when the thing started to lift, it made a round like that, and all the sheaves were in it. And it'd go up and it'd trip.

Speaker: This- this here would be back in thirty-six. And this (inc) and my dad, they're- they're drawn in- that's the- that's trying to tell you- Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: About the sheaves. So they're putting sheaves of grain on to the stook. Stook the grain, that's wheat. So the- the- building ah- Interviewer: So the stook is when they tie it round, is that right? Speaker: Mm-hm.

... and there was a piece on the back that was like that and it come down over and when the- when the thing was ah, whatever size you set you sheaves for, it would trip it and the bill hook would go round like that and it (non-lexical sound) cut the thing off and then there'd be another one and there was ah, a thing you run with your foot ...

... it was ah ah, a thing that stuck out the side (inc) like that and when you let it go, it folded back into the thing and that's what you sheave so you- when you sheaves in (inc) when your stooking you wouldn't be running all over the place. You'd have a windrow of sheaves and a windrow of sheaves and then you go out and you stook it all by hand and then go out and load it up and- but see th-- n-- no- nobody- nobody does that anymore.

Interviewer: And so what's a winrow? Is it just the- the row of sheaves in the field? Speaker: Yeah, well see depending on how heavy the crop was, if it was a light crop, where you'd have maybe a windrow of sheaves like you didn't want to have a whole bunch. You had maybe- by the time you put about four or five sheaves on this thing- Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Then you- you just let your foot off it and it tripped and it dropped it in a pile.

... when you got to the end of that pile when you go round and round and round the field, you'd have a row of sheaves here and a row of sheaves here and a row of sheaves here all into the centre and when you started to- to stook, you can start here and you stooked to the centre ...

Speaker So then they- ah, oh yeah, they just moved the desks close together. Brought double rows in and the old desks and the- they were sitting on- on- oh I call them sleepers. The- they had an oak piece run down each side and then they had the- the- the desk were- were screwed to the space and they were screwed with the sleepers. Interviewer: Yup. Speaker: So if you wanted to move them, you just picked up four or five desks and slid them over to where ever you wanted to move them.

end. And the old lumber that was any good went on the west end where you couldn't see it. But the hay mow, or a grain mow like what we- when we were doing stuff and he used to bring ah, the- the grain in with sheaves. And there was slings. Interviewer: Slings? Speaker: And you put a- yeah, you put a sling- the sling was a two-part thing. And it went together with a- with a- a bit in the middle. And you hooked it over the end-gates on the wagon. One there and one here. And you built a row of sheaves. The same as you did with the hay, loose hay.

Speaker: you bound the centre in, but you go this way with one, that way with the other one, and that way with the centre. And you went all the way back like that. Interviewer: Uh-huh. Speaker: And then you started the same thing. And you- Interviewer: Oh! Speaker: Usually put two rows on a sling. And then you put another sling together. And when you got to the barn, there was ah- when you go ahead to pull it off, it was a little different but the same idea as the hay. But it was a hayfork that you just chucked into the hay

But it was a hayfork that you just chucked into the hay, but this thing here had to start all on a sling, so you took this end and you hooked a rope on there and on here. And when the thing started to lift, it made a round like that, and all the sheaves were in it. And it'd go up and it'd trip.

Speaker: But mostly ah something to do with milk 'cause he was in another place that they had ah, at ah, what's the little place just below Richmond-Hill. Interviewer: Thornhill? Speaker: Thornhill or somewheres around there.

Speaker: The-Family-Herald, it was a magazine that come in the mailbox from out west it seemed, somewheres. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: But it had everything in it. It had ah, recipes and quilting and news and all-kinds-of-things.

They- they come over- the original ones that- as far back as we've gone. They came Belfast. And they were here somewheres around eighteen-thirty-two, eighteen-thirty-four. I haven't got any records of- boat records, and apparently there's some of them available but I haven't gone that far and I'm not computer-savvy and-all-the-rest-of-that-stuff.

...you'd have a row of sheaves here and a row of sheaves here and a row of sheaves here all into the centre and when you started to- to stook, you can start here and you stooked to the centre and then you can come back here and the you go back there and- and then you had them all in a row.

And when- when you're- then ah- and if you're watch what your doing when you're stooking, you can (inc) down the- the row of stooks so that you- you went down this way and the guy put them all on that side of the wagon and the guy on the wagon building, built a load like it was (inc) day before.

Speaker: About the sheaves. So they're putting sheaves of grain on to the stook. Stook the grain, that's wheat. So the- the- building ah- Interviewer: So the stook is when they tie it round, is that right? Speaker: Mm-hm.

...you wouldn't be running all over the place. You'd have a windrow of sheaves and a windrow of sheaves and then you go out and you stook it all by hand and then go out and load it up and- but see th-- n-- no- nobody- nobody does that anymore.

About the sheaves. So they're putting sheaves of grain on to the stook. Stook the grain, that's wheat.

Speaker: About the sheaves. So they're putting sheaves of grain on to the stook. Stook the grain, that's wheat. So the- the- building ah- Interviewer: So the stook is when they tie it round, is that right? Speaker: Mm-hm. Interviewer: When you stook it, you- it's when you wrap it with something.