Traditional turf cutting

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  • @thealmightypotato1580
    @thealmightypotato1580 6 років тому +37

    I may be brown but this brings a tear to my eye. Nothing's more fulfilling than an honest days work. Beautiful song, thank you.

    • @bobcharlie7982
      @bobcharlie7982 3 роки тому

      Is that because brown people are lazy?

    • @ehdurtschi
      @ehdurtschi Рік тому +1

      That guy really has some stamina! I think I would be done in about 10 minutes!

  • @ВолодькаДергачев
    @ВолодькаДергачев 6 років тому +21

    The work of these two can be watched endlessly.

  • @lalarobert
    @lalarobert 6 років тому +46

    The man working the shovel has unbelievable upper body strength and work ethic. 💪Great job!

    • @johnsloan79
      @johnsloan79 3 роки тому +6

      He's actually got the easy job. Cutting through peat is like slicing through butter. It's the moving it in the barrow that's the hard part.

    • @beetheb
      @beetheb 3 роки тому +4

      @@johnsloan79 Was gonna say the same thing. The barrow work looks much more physically demanding.

    • @donnellykieranj
      @donnellykieranj 3 роки тому +5

      @@johnsloan79 yip. The Barrow work is the tougher one here. I'm speaking from experience.

    • @myway2869
      @myway2869 Рік тому +1

      Wonderful seeing traditional working men ❤ big hug from Portugal

  • @hubertcharles6551
    @hubertcharles6551 11 місяців тому +3

    Pour avoir visité l’Irlande, en long et en large depuis au moins 40 ans, je ne me souviens pas avoir vu une aussi belle couche de tourbe ! Quelle dextérité chez ces deux hommes, mais aussi quel dur labeur pour produire une chaleur si douce et une fumée acre si agréable à mon cœur de breton d’adoption. J’adore l’Irlande et les irlandais et ses fameux musiciens. Nous y venons à nouveau en avril prochain du coté de Dungloe et nous en réjouissons d’avance. Merci pour cette belle vidéo.

  • @davidbuchanan3374
    @davidbuchanan3374 6 років тому +27

    At the age of 10 i went with my grandfather and 2 uncles to watch them cut turf. I sat on the back of the tractor having a great time travelling to the peat bog not realizing what was a head. When we got there my granda said here son here's a "treisgeir" or Turf Spade, he said start cutting if you want any breakfast lol he wasn't joking. This i mind being 5am in the morning and with in half an hour i was exhausted and not one turf was cut rite. Now 40yrs later I'm the turf cutter and it still knackers me lol

  • @glawlllar7320
    @glawlllar7320 Рік тому +4

    Many a fine summers day spent on the bog in my home county of Laois. I remember my father coming to the bog at lunch time with ham sandwiches, flasks of tea and sald n vinegar crisps. We woukd take a break, bite to eat sup of tea and back at it. We wouldn't leave until all the turf was all reared. Turf heated our house on many a cold damp winters night. How I wish I could go back to those nights when we were all kids and cosy and safe at home with our parents. If you still rear turf with your family remember those days they wont last forever and you wont always be together, and you will miss it when your not. Trust me. Love from Brisbane Australia ❤🇮🇪.

  • @taffysnotbet.7273
    @taffysnotbet.7273 4 роки тому +5

    What a lovely set of songs. I totally enjoy them.

  • @Allanlbrr
    @Allanlbrr 3 роки тому +3

    4 years after watching this, I came back for the music. Truly something marvelous and magic.

  • @harrylockwood545
    @harrylockwood545 6 років тому +835

    Ive stumbled onto this Part of UA-cam again

    • @AlexKingMN
      @AlexKingMN 6 років тому +28

      Not sure which is worse, stumbling upon it, or having it come up in your recommended videos.

    • @swalker157
      @swalker157 6 років тому +4

      The good part?

    • @josephoreilly798
      @josephoreilly798 3 роки тому +1

      Ti

    • @josephoreilly798
      @josephoreilly798 3 роки тому +1

      @@dashcamdriving5631 H I'll

    • @theodricaethelfrith
      @theodricaethelfrith 2 роки тому +3

      Bizarrely, I ended up here by looking for a turf-cutting tutorial.

  • @pelementmaker
    @pelementmaker 6 років тому +261

    im from northern norway and my grandpa must have told me 100 times about how in the summer they cut peat, how they had to because there basically were little to no trees since livestock would eat everything so there were mostly grassland. he also said the inferior woodstoves would sometimes "backfire" when the wind hit right and it would fill the livingroom/kitchen with ash and sot, and my great grandmother would get pissed off haha.

    • @breenwalshe7667
      @breenwalshe7667 6 років тому +9

      Krestian Kvart ,it's mostly cut with machine now here in Ireland,but you still have to foot it,let it dry for a few weeks,then bring it home,still back breaking work,you no it's summer,when someone says I'm off to the bog.......great days.

    • @0liverGM
      @0liverGM 6 років тому +2

      Nordmann

    • @bluesifer8238
      @bluesifer8238 6 років тому +4

      And people today think have it hard. Ha

    • @dirtydan179
      @dirtydan179 6 років тому +2

      Still happens

    • @samkom33
      @samkom33 6 років тому +3

      Krestian Kvart im also from a fishing village in north of norway and old enough to remember both turf cutting + that the sheep ate everything, including seeweed and boild fish heads in the winter. hehe
      around 1975 the last sheep was slaughterd -people had started using electricity for heat and the food-meat came frozen by ship and the forest starting growing on the fields and old turf sites

  • @hhoward14
    @hhoward14 6 років тому +3

    An invaluable testament to the basics of life.
    No matter how much money you have; you won't buy a barrow in a store that works as good as that one.

  • @КонстантинИванов-ц7о
    @КонстантинИванов-ц7о 6 років тому +6

    поражаюсь аккуратности технологичности ручного процесса добытчиков торфа

  • @richey4801
    @richey4801 6 років тому +1139

    minecraft at its finest

    • @rickyspanish5326
      @rickyspanish5326 6 років тому

      SimpleDude hahah

    • @Engineer9736
      @Engineer9736 6 років тому +7

      The Sustainable Texan It’s a joke ..

    • @Nurfa.
      @Nurfa. 6 років тому +4

      Minecraft is real

    • @yucatronixxx21
      @yucatronixxx21 6 років тому +3

      He has to go 8 steps down for diamonds he's at three watch out for the lava.

    • @matiushhatiush5629
      @matiushhatiush5629 6 років тому

      Thereafter the first time I was there to see the world through the eyes of the 6 season on the first page of search engines are not going anywhere 6 and I am so sorry to hear from 6 am to be the most of the first to comment on the blog is a great time

  • @mowerdog
    @mowerdog 5 років тому +2

    These guys are Beasts!!! You better not give your Great Great Grandpa any crap! He'll bust you to pieces!!!

  • @theknightof8640
    @theknightof8640 8 років тому +76

    This is really satisfying to watch.

  • @BB-zt6pq
    @BB-zt6pq 6 років тому

    There is something very comforting about this video and his singing makes me want to visit my ancestors home

  • @algonzales1809
    @algonzales1809 7 років тому +78

    One of the many treasures of Ireland...the smell of a real peat fire cannot be beat.

    • @adamcarr1920
      @adamcarr1920 6 років тому +3

      Would smell putrid i imagine

    • @myview5840
      @myview5840 6 років тому +6

      Adam Carr nope

    • @jamieshannon9809
      @jamieshannon9809 6 років тому +14

      A peat fire burning is one of the most wonderful smells in the Whole Wide World.

    • @atiqurrahmanatiq715
      @atiqurrahmanatiq715 6 років тому +1

      Jamie Shannon, it smells good when burning!! isn't it??

    • @SDeww
      @SDeww 6 років тому +1

      peet can be found almost all over the world... its rotten matter.

  • @Carmel34lax
    @Carmel34lax 6 років тому +1

    I remember taking the ride to the bog for the turf cutting. I am not sure how this gentleman placed in the All Ireland but they outworked me. I do want to go to cut some peat now after seeing these masters.

  • @frankielavelle2864
    @frankielavelle2864 8 років тому +48

    Fit men! Poetry in motion.
    Excellent video!

    • @gerrytighe5716
      @gerrytighe5716 3 роки тому +1

      Spit on the hand for a better grip. Wouldn't be allowed now with covid

  • @ldwithrow08
    @ldwithrow08 6 років тому +29

    Hard to find people today willing to work that hard. I watched peat cutters in Scotland who said "Yeah, it's hard, but I've never paid a shilling for heat in my liife".

    • @jack18over
      @jack18over Рік тому +1

      They’re hard to find because they’re busy working mate 👍

  • @freedom.4.ireland776
    @freedom.4.ireland776 8 років тому +22

    reminds me of my grandad,thats a lovely song at the beginning

  • @dark_rhodie
    @dark_rhodie 6 років тому

    Thanks lass and lads I've been trying to look at videos that bring me closer to me home. Ireland culture and ways live on.even to the whiskey.

  • @melstattimbetov3121
    @melstattimbetov3121 6 років тому +259

    Резка торфа по старому способу в болоте Дерримор, чтобы снабжать домашнее хозяйство горючим на зиму. Для обрезки торфа (иногда называемого торфом) используется кузнец и курган, чтобы вынуть его и выложить на берег, чтобы высохнуть. Песни, исполненные Пэдди Хайнсом, - это: - Рассказ, который я вам скажу, правда, моя Эйлин ждет меня, Лошади и плуг, и Сладкая забыть меня. Пэдди сопровождает Пэт МакГейн.

    • @ОлегИванов-н7к
      @ОлегИванов-н7к 6 років тому +38

      Спасибо что объяснили , а то смотрю и не пойму для чего они это делают . Я думал кирпичи ))

    • @arslanars5191
      @arslanars5191 6 років тому +11

      Спасибо за объяснение))

    • @Vaska_1005
      @Vaska_1005 6 років тому +4

      так что этот торф горит

    • @arzkrov7928
      @arzkrov7928 6 років тому +3

      саня глотов Как дрова горит торф?

    • @ПетроПавлович-й1ы
      @ПетроПавлович-й1ы 6 років тому +14

      Зачем я смотрю это в 1:50

  • @taffysnotbet.7273
    @taffysnotbet.7273 4 роки тому +1

    What Beautiful songs. delightful to listen to.

  • @patriciaannkellner4999
    @patriciaannkellner4999 7 років тому +14

    Loved your video. Thanks for showing this traditional aspect of Irish life.

  • @martincullwick7406
    @martincullwick7406 Рік тому

    Thanks for the video. Didn’t realise the turf went down so deep, an cut in a manner to allow natural drainage for future harvest.

  • @anonymi8564
    @anonymi8564 4 роки тому +3

    My English teacher was talking about aunt julia(a poem) and it mentions peatscrapes, and she finds it satisfying so for a joke I searched it up. I'm not disappointed

  • @jacklynch9240
    @jacklynch9240 4 роки тому +1

    Jeez 2.8M views for a turf cutting video is amazing. Well done usually turf cutting videos only get a couple thousands views but 2.8M is a great mile stone for views

  • @4dub802
    @4dub802 6 років тому +3

    So cool love the music too very soothing.

  • @roberta.k4213
    @roberta.k4213 Рік тому +1

    These 2 guys make it look easy,,

  • @twayland6186
    @twayland6186 6 років тому +260

    This is how i feel when i wash dishes by hand instead of using a dishwasher.

    • @Tony-nl6pf
      @Tony-nl6pf 6 років тому +3

      Not everyone uses a dishwasher and even if you do, you have to wash it before you put it in the dishwasher.

    • @MrDarrencurry
      @MrDarrencurry 6 років тому +2

      You should play them songs and make a UA-cam video next time :)

    • @HammerHeadFootball
      @HammerHeadFootball 6 років тому +2

      T Wayland underrated comment, i died of laughter

    • @NoNAME-to6xk
      @NoNAME-to6xk 6 років тому +1

      My women can out wash me ten to one. The dishwasher we just put in will wash 2.5 or 5 hours

    • @eyss6303
      @eyss6303 6 років тому +2

      @Bad Goy
      It's human nature
      Men working outside
      Women working inside
      But nowadays things got more complicated

  • @manuelkeats296
    @manuelkeats296 Рік тому +1

    Bless you for sharing this!

  • @ItsLaneNBama
    @ItsLaneNBama 6 років тому +3

    I don't know the first thing about what they are doing, but I have moved literally 1000's of loads of gravel and concrete with a wheelbarrow, and I've never seen one with a car tire on it, that wheelbarrow by itself would be a job to push, it takes a real man to do that all day.

  • @johnmcdyer7297
    @johnmcdyer7297 3 роки тому

    As a young one on holiday in west cork I remember the men cutting and we all throwing sods left right and centre and a few weeks later come back and stack the sods to dry fabulous days in cork so grateful am I to have a family in that place just loved that

  • @oficheallaigh9560
    @oficheallaigh9560 6 років тому +3

    Great keeping the traditional way of turf cutting going in Ireland

  • @hsmallwood40
    @hsmallwood40 6 років тому

    Work fascinates me I can sit and watch it all day.......

  • @boxingphysique
    @boxingphysique 6 років тому +100

    is this chocolate dessert? can I eat it ?

    • @BoopSnoot
      @BoopSnoot 6 років тому +16

      Open your mouth, I have a chocolate desert for you. Don't mind the corn bits.

    • @boxingphysique
      @boxingphysique 6 років тому +1

      mmmmm tasty

    • @k_vn8397
      @k_vn8397 6 років тому +5

      its actually shit biscuits

    • @khobau5241
      @khobau5241 6 років тому

      Yes you can

    • @EpikMonkeySlaya
      @EpikMonkeySlaya 6 років тому +3

      r/forbiddensnacks

  • @rjvchwfjsgdchgh9299
    @rjvchwfjsgdchgh9299 6 років тому

    เห็นถึงความพยายาม และความใจเย็น...สบายๆ . น่าชื่นชมครับ.

  • @jeffstike3195
    @jeffstike3195 6 років тому +4

    This song tho!! Im adding it to my play list its so lit!!

  • @berikzeinollevi4190
    @berikzeinollevi4190 6 років тому

    Молодцы пахари! Готовый стройматериалы! Это лучше чем на диван охранять!

  • @tomrisar5492
    @tomrisar5492 7 років тому +8

    Very very good, thanks for the history.

  • @davidharrison6615
    @davidharrison6615 6 років тому

    no other smell in the world like burning turf . just magical.

  • @marcelogarcia8466
    @marcelogarcia8466 6 років тому +2

    Gran trabajo .. incesante de dos personas mayores ... y que lo haven sicronizadamente... entiendo que esa labor debe ser necesaria de realizar constantemente.. como al algo tradicional y una costumbre que resuelve algún problema del terreno y su drenaje talvés ... en fin es cansador y sin fin ... pero ellos al parecer lo superan a un ritmo increíble.. y paso a paso...con paciencia...es interesante esa herramienta de corte para bloques de tierra húmeda... los aplaudo.. y ...esa labor me pareció una curiosidad ...por que ellos prescinden de alguna maquinaria moderna y pienso que conservan una costumbre arraigada..
    Saludos desde la ciudad de Concepción Bio bío ...en Chile.

    • @Ramiro-Agarra-Luquivenga
      @Ramiro-Agarra-Luquivenga Рік тому

      Hola amigo. Esto lo ponen a secar luego y lo utilizan para calefaccionar sus casas, pues en esas tierras no hay muchos arboles para producir leña. Usted puede ver como lo ponen al fuego en este video:
      ua-cam.com/video/G73oRv60Qlg/v-deo.html
      Saludos!

    • @estebancorral5151
      @estebancorral5151 Рік тому

      @@Ramiro-Agarra-Luquivengaporque es Turba de cienega. Se seca y sirve de combustible.

  • @scottrobertson5554
    @scottrobertson5554 4 роки тому +1

    Old school graft. Very satisfying to watch.

  • @osirisgolad
    @osirisgolad 6 років тому +13

    I'd only ever heard peat mentioned in relation to whiskey and I had never heard it called turf in English, but it's called turf in Dutch too, or "djerk" in our local dialect. There used to be a lot of turf cutting where I live and you can still feel yourself walking on turf in certain spots of the nature reserve near here where most of the turfing took place.

    • @peterigoe7757
      @peterigoe7757 5 років тому +1

      So lovely to see turf cutting in the way I recall. There was one small difference in that the sods would be caught by the"spreader"directly. It was so nice to relive the memories of cutting the turf, sun beaming down, chatting with those that had turf near by and having tea made on an open fire with the best of home baked bread. Pure pleasure!

    • @docastrov9013
      @docastrov9013 3 роки тому +1

      @@Fazer_600 Burning Green Party?

  • @mantrafiscus
    @mantrafiscus 3 роки тому

    Paul Cotter is a machine!! Much respect.

  • @matthewrolfe23
    @matthewrolfe23 6 років тому +4

    "Honey before you break up with me I'm taking my turf."
    "How you gonna do that?"
    Show vid

  • @Misfyt67
    @Misfyt67 6 років тому +1

    If nothing else the songs are awesome!!

  • @southerndandy4910
    @southerndandy4910 6 років тому +8

    Traditional turd cutting is way better than modern turd cutting that’s for sure!

  • @basspro373
    @basspro373 6 років тому

    This is so amazing, yes a comment said show to all the kids, I do agree people in the states need to see this.

  • @BLasmOChannel
    @BLasmOChannel 6 років тому +3

    I have no idea what they are doing, but I'm glad I found this

  • @antanasnoreika9659
    @antanasnoreika9659 Рік тому +1

    Kiek kainuoja taip iškasamos durpės? Aš prisimenu, kad taip mano tėvai ir seneliai kasė 1960 metais Pykaičių kaime, Šilalės rajone, Lietuvoje.

  • @fourhume
    @fourhume 4 роки тому +3

    Turf is still used and let me tell you the smell is incredible...I ache for my Ireland.

  • @robertkelly1695
    @robertkelly1695 6 років тому

    that man cutting is an absolute animal thats one tough ass Job.

  • @carlosalbertorizi9698
    @carlosalbertorizi9698 6 років тому +6

    Que hacen con eso? Para que hacen tanto hueco?

  • @игорьтитов-и1и
    @игорьтитов-и1и 6 років тому

    Нетерпеливые !!! Надо подождать 4-5 тысяч лет и будет у вас нормальный уголь .

  • @Liamautomechanic
    @Liamautomechanic 8 років тому +46

    tidy bit of cutting,spreading,good video.

  • @Chet73
    @Chet73 Рік тому +1

    Mighty fine turf.

  • @riverrebel1
    @riverrebel1 6 років тому +49

    This stuff actually burns? Looks like dirt

    • @BoopSnoot
      @BoopSnoot 6 років тому +44

      When you're burning something, its carbon, hence the name "carbon footprint". In this case what you're seeing is actually soggy plant material, specifically peat moss that builds up over time. When dried, you're left with just dried plant material to burn.

    • @thetrashman5381
      @thetrashman5381 6 років тому +4

      That's a peat bog, it's heavy in plant matter

    • @skippygus73
      @skippygus73 6 років тому +8

      Doesn't smell as good as burning oak, that's for sure.

    • @xaiano794
      @xaiano794 6 років тому +19

      burns slow and crappily - doesn't put out much heat, but if you haven't got anything else (timber was too valuable to burn) then it's better than freezing to death

    • @acesul8811
      @acesul8811 6 років тому +4

      @@xaiano794 It's good for a stove or a range. Most traditional farming houses have a great big range burning in the kitchen all day.

  • @VideosofIrishFarmingLife
    @VideosofIrishFarmingLife 6 років тому +1

    Fair play lads, great job!

  • @indiemel8211
    @indiemel8211 7 років тому +4

    Reminds me of many a happy holiday in Mayo , visiting from Manchester UK. We used a donkey and cart to take it home after a long day footing.

    • @mickbrod1
      @mickbrod1 7 років тому +2

      firstly a great big thanks to thersa for that lovely video. my name is Michael Broderick born ballina many years ago but immigrated late 1950.i had relatives in leeds but never met them as I settled in London I wondered if Vincent & I were related.?

    • @angelabowler4259
      @angelabowler4259 7 років тому +2

      I remember Derrymore Bog and turf cutting like it was yesterday and I FN hated every second of it. Such hard work for us as kids!

  • @letmefindout81
    @letmefindout81 6 років тому +1

    my respect to those two old mens , even if they took a nice break after the camera went off, they managed 15 min of real work.

    • @johnmcintyre800
      @johnmcintyre800 3 роки тому +1

      I doubt if they need a break after 15 minutes they're fit in away thats as much a state of mind as body you just keep at it abit at time your body adopts it just becomes second nature and they didnt get that much work done taking breaks and worrying about a camera on them

  • @gameboy666-o9d
    @gameboy666-o9d 6 років тому +15

    Do they burn the soil to keep warm on winter?

    • @mwnciboo
      @mwnciboo 6 років тому +26

      Samuel Hu In a sense, its peat which is arguably early formed COAL. So you dry it and burn it and its very much like an earthy charcoal. Stinks though.

    • @Diesel8290
      @Diesel8290 6 років тому +8

      mwnciboo fuck ye can’t beat the smell of a turf fire. Beautiful smell

    • @johnmorganwesternspy8786
      @johnmorganwesternspy8786 6 років тому

      Diesel 8290 I should Google it.

    • @projectsuperstore4049
      @projectsuperstore4049 6 років тому

      mwnciboo 7moo

    • @ExtraFungus
      @ExtraFungus 6 років тому +2

      I'm American and this process is alien to me. I'm assuming this wouldn't be something that could be efficiently cultivated.

  • @snarlsbarkley5083
    @snarlsbarkley5083 3 роки тому +1

    The old guy on the pitch fork works faster than most 20 year olds.

  • @robertchaisson7399
    @robertchaisson7399 Рік тому +3

    Definitely not their first time doing that

  • @terryknuckles8277
    @terryknuckles8277 6 років тому

    This video helped me fall asleep ☺

  • @thepotterer3726
    @thepotterer3726 6 років тому +29

    A spit on the hands to give better grip on the handles of the barrow, the barrow placed just where it needs to be and pointing in the right direction, just enough force with the fork to get on the right spot on the barrow, I could go on - those boys know what they are doing.

    • @orsonincharge4879
      @orsonincharge4879 6 років тому +2

      economy of motion , your man in the hole with the Tusker is just a machine .

    • @martonko
      @martonko 6 років тому +5

      You never had a showel in your hands?
      Spitting in hands only give you blisters and torn skin. Only rookies and idiots spit in hands before lifting heavy whellbarrow or showel

    • @thepotterer3726
      @thepotterer3726 6 років тому

      That's some coincidence, at the same time as you were posting your comment, I was in my garden planting four tomato plants, using my #2 square mouth Bulldog shovel which I bought new well over 40 years ago now. That shovel has dug and trimmed footings, trenches for drains, postholes for fences, planting holes for shrubs and trees, mixed and moved countless amounts of concrete and mortar, been used to dig and cut tree roots................I could continue with what that lovely tool has done for me over the years, but suffice to say it's gone from full size and new to well worn and better suited to what I have just used it for - all in my hands and all with my spit!

    • @martonko
      @martonko 6 років тому +1

      The Potterer i broke and worned about 20 as construction worker. Wet hands and showel is a no no..

    • @thepotterer3726
      @thepotterer3726 6 років тому

      You've either got some very poor quality tools or your abusing them - neither is anything to be proud of.

  • @animallover19581
    @animallover19581 Рік тому +1

    Barring turf , as a young fellow that was my job. Tough work for a full grown man, at 11 or 12 brutal hard work.
    No choice but do it ,or else go cold and no way to cook food. Nothing romantic about turf cutting.

  • @rondill8429
    @rondill8429 6 років тому +6

    I would guess you hope you own enough land to supply fuel for many years to come right?

    • @cracka5431
      @cracka5431 6 років тому +1

      It grows back after about 100yrs but I guess you still have a point

    • @cyberpleb2472
      @cyberpleb2472 6 років тому +6

      @Cracka. Peat accumulates quite slowly (in human terms). The depth of peat they are cutting would have required several thousand years to be deposited. Due to the rate at which it harvested, peat is considered a non-renewable energy source.

  • @ryang1718
    @ryang1718 6 років тому

    nice to see other real workers out there still good on ya men

  • @Liamautomechanic
    @Liamautomechanic 7 років тому +116

    32 peats on the barrow, tight lift.

    • @dougyankunas3104
      @dougyankunas3104 6 років тому +6

      Liamautomechanic being from the Midwest of America. I have no idea what is going on , and what they use this for.

    • @arcanjosanthiago
      @arcanjosanthiago 6 років тому

      @@dougyankunas3104 me too.... I want to understand

    • @budocrem5784
      @budocrem5784 6 років тому +5

      We burn it in fires in our home to heat the place

    • @budocrem5784
      @budocrem5784 6 років тому +8

      kentucky fried its mixed with dead trees and plants over the years and during summer we make the bricks of peat or sods of turf as we call it and stack it in the summer to dry out,then during the colder months it will burn like wood in the fire

    • @budocrem5784
      @budocrem5784 6 років тому +1

      Kudmond alot of bogs near me use tractors to make it faster and get more sods from it

  • @basspro373
    @basspro373 6 років тому +2

    Some people work a job for a week and quite, these men now let me tell ya they work very hard, props to y'all. Hats off to ya.

  • @ox6942
    @ox6942 6 років тому +3

    Growing up in upstate NY in the Appalachian Mountains I'm amazed at the fact there's not a single rock in all that soil. If I understand it properly, this is vegetation matter turned into soil over millenia and so how can rocks really get in there...but still....amazing. So easy to work! You can't dig anything around here without a big digging bar and sledge hammer. Horrible place, both climate wise and political wise.

    • @summertimesunshine2444
      @summertimesunshine2444 2 роки тому

      Yes me too.

    • @ox6942
      @ox6942 2 роки тому +1

      @@summertimesunshine2444 If you can, come to Missouri. It's like paradise.....if you like being around 20 years behind the rest of the country.

  • @noelrosney1634
    @noelrosney1634 4 роки тому

    A great & efficent way of securing a winters fire. Sadly Bord na Mona is finished with peat production with the loss of over a thousand jobs in the Midlands. The day of cutting turf with a slean is gone forever like a lot of the other great skills of years gone by.

  • @brandonbrown7725
    @brandonbrown7725 6 років тому +157

    Let's see 2 older white gentlemen working in a field with no minorities or illegal immigrants must be Ireland.......my people......👍👍👍💪💪💪

    • @xaiano794
      @xaiano794 6 років тому +16

      a brexiteer would never work that hard

    • @xaiano794
      @xaiano794 6 років тому +4

      @@fritonay5349 trump approves of white illegal immigrants, that's why he didn't mind melanias parents chain migrating to the US

    • @fritonay5349
      @fritonay5349 6 років тому +19

      @@xaiano794 this country used to belong to native Americans, we Mexican are primos de ellos we Mexican are more Americans than people from Europe. That's it. Viva Mexico cabrones jajajai. Truth hurts.

    • @xaiano794
      @xaiano794 6 років тому +4

      @@fritonay5349 truth doesn't matter to them

    • @bigkountry29
      @bigkountry29 6 років тому +9

      Blacks wont work like that nowadays, they get it all free in America!

  • @johnmyers8488
    @johnmyers8488 6 років тому

    These men work as good as a machine

  • @LemonTreeNOTfree
    @LemonTreeNOTfree 6 років тому +29

    У нас наверное это еще и уголовно наказуемо

    • @splitdriver719
      @splitdriver719 6 років тому +1

      Естественно, не законное добыча печного топливо

  • @kushmorejames8164
    @kushmorejames8164 Рік тому

    Back again years later just to listen to the song. Anyone have any info on the song?

  • @youtubefan2132
    @youtubefan2132 6 років тому +24

    Awesome song in the background does anybody know if there's a dubstep version 😅😅😅😅😅😅

  • @ecmoney801
    @ecmoney801 6 років тому

    These guys outwork most 19 year olds I see these days

  • @eduardoivo3413
    @eduardoivo3413 6 років тому +7

    Não entendi, o que está sendo cultivado ?

    • @igehring
      @igehring 6 років тому +4

      Usado como lenha : pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turfa

    • @eduardoivo3413
      @eduardoivo3413 6 років тому +3

      igehring kkkkk que louco, vlw por responder, nem de longe eu iria pensar que isso vira carvão

    • @fritonay5349
      @fritonay5349 6 років тому +1

      Yo pense que eran adoves para construir una casa!!! Coming ves cuate?

    • @fernandacruz1885
      @fernandacruz1885 6 років тому

      Eduardo Ivo para el whisky

    • @jandersonfigueredo9686
      @jandersonfigueredo9686 6 років тому +1

      @@igehring.......Muito obrigado; realmente interessante o composto orgânico.

  • @AST4EVER
    @AST4EVER 6 років тому

    I saw this complete video more because of the song.... Song of the old man reminds of the hard working days of man ....

  • @scottmccluremcclure3916
    @scottmccluremcclure3916 6 років тому +8

    I can smell it from here

  • @South_Texas_Fail
    @South_Texas_Fail 4 роки тому +1

    This reminds me of the time I ate way to much. I was cutting some turf of my own that night, if you know what I mean!

  • @calisfinest7827
    @calisfinest7827 6 років тому +3

    What is this peat? What is this used for?

    • @sirmoke9646
      @sirmoke9646 6 років тому +1

      They dry it and burn it. Low quality heat source. Coal starts its life as this stuff.

    • @calisfinest7827
      @calisfinest7827 6 років тому

      @@sirmoke9646 Thanks For The Info I just looked it up and this stuff just grows in th northern hemisphere no wonder i didn't know about it.

    • @sammycasey4685
      @sammycasey4685 5 років тому

      They eat it

  • @fakiirification
    @fakiirification 6 років тому +2

    ive always wondered how early man discovered that peat would burn. "thats a good looking wad of mud, i think i'll try to light it on fire"

  • @bvinke7160
    @bvinke7160 6 років тому +4

    turf steken, half Nederland is built that way. burning up fuel and making canals, dry land..

  • @kroltemperatur
    @kroltemperatur 6 років тому

    Spent 10 years in Galway and sometimes i miss IIreland gretings for Irish people

  • @bigsmoke9444
    @bigsmoke9444 6 років тому +3

    What is this !!!! 🤔

  • @zzzzzz-zv9ev
    @zzzzzz-zv9ev 8 місяців тому

    How mucj do you need for 1 year you can cut 4 treas down and you set maby 2

  • @diegom.s4182
    @diegom.s4182 6 років тому +16

    Que esta pasando?

    • @Zx14rrrrrrrrrrr
      @Zx14rrrrrrrrrrr 6 років тому

      Friki Chulo yo no sabo

    • @mr.montoya1765
      @mr.montoya1765 6 років тому +13

      The border wall being built

    • @4f52
      @4f52 6 років тому

      La Marina Española que está luchando.

    • @starkstark4186
      @starkstark4186 6 років тому +1

      @@mr.montoya1765 stfu

    • @raulgamez5602
      @raulgamez5602 6 років тому +1

      Pos no estas mirando o que?
      Sacan tierra y la ponen en una carretilla luego la ponen en un montón a 10 pies de donde están.

  • @beavisbutthead8871
    @beavisbutthead8871 6 років тому

    This was oddly calming

  • @MAB-External-TC-Lover
    @MAB-External-TC-Lover 6 років тому +6

    Made the ground look like cheese

  • @chr-explorer
    @chr-explorer 6 років тому +1

    I just love this song

  • @danimal865
    @danimal865 6 років тому +5

    Eat taters and beef every day and you can do this for hours.

  • @ECsponger2
    @ECsponger2 6 років тому

    These two blokes doing more physical labour in 14 minute than most of the people viewing this video will do in their lives

  • @joshblick
    @joshblick 6 років тому +8

    Why the hell is he loading the wheel barrow to dump it 5 feet away??? lol 5:20

    • @amnotshure
      @amnotshure 6 років тому

      may be barrow size to sell

    • @Dinty51
      @Dinty51 6 років тому +3

      My guess is that you have to move it at least some distance away from the cutting. Otherwise, things will slow down real quick

    • @blackstallion7551
      @blackstallion7551 6 років тому +1

      Josh Blick warming up those muscles😂😂

    • @Dlck.C.Normous
      @Dlck.C.Normous 6 років тому +3

      Its to let the turf dry in a light stack on the ground. Its collected several days later depending on the weather and then collected in sacks to be sold.

    • @christianvillasenor5084
      @christianvillasenor5084 6 років тому

      These guys will live a long time. Surely will outlive anyone with a desk job lol.

  • @aBc-123-XyZ
    @aBc-123-XyZ 6 років тому

    Very educational, thanks for sharing. Cheers.👀✌

  • @damiangrzenkowicz8768
    @damiangrzenkowicz8768 6 років тому +5

    I wanna Job like this.

    • @deannelson9565
      @deannelson9565 6 років тому

      No you don't No one does! There's a reason heavy equipment was invented in the first place!

  • @UsedBrain4U
    @UsedBrain4U 6 років тому +1

    Typically, how thick is the turf?