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Irulegi Irratia

II-064b

  • Recording date: 1995-11-21
  • Owner: Euskarabidea-mediateka
  • Informant: Jean Baptiste Soulé
  • Researcher:
  • Main theme: Making yokes and wheels.
  • View allowed: Free
  • Publication allowed: Limited
  • Sound quality: Good
Town Dialects Maps
Piece Length Temas Sumario
A01 00:00:00
00:11:25
agriculture: Introduction: the tools of the farm workers. He used to make carts and yokes. (02:25") How they would make the yokes. The best yoke was from young walnut wood but that was not always possible to find and they also used elm wood.How he learnt to know what kind of yoke was needed for each head.
A02 00:11:25
00:22:30
cart He used to make carts and flour grinders. The iron pieces were made by the blacksmith. He did all the rest.It would take a week to make a cart. They were made from oak. How the carts were made.(16:50") The carts were different depending on the places.He would make about four a year.
A03 00:22:30
00:43:48
agriculture:, mill The grinders were also made from oak. To make them was even more difficult.The trade of yoke-making began to die out when the tractors came in.Later he continued with the carpentry trade.(32:15")At present he does not think it is viable to do that work.It was a fine job when it was all done by hand. His son continued in the same trade. (39:30") Appreciations and Goodbye.
Pista Hear file Length
II-064b-B 43:49