A nod to the 'good old days'
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381815)
Rockingham, Australia
March 20, 2021 3:25pm CST
Our younger son lives in Ireland and we’ve been lucky enough to have visited him there several times. Twice now, we’ve been there for the Trim Summer Fair and Vince snapped this photo of a display given of horse-drawn machinery.
The machine is a mower. The knives which cut the stalks have been lifted out of the crop here and you can see them on the left of the machine (left in the photo).
It was actually a very hot day (for Ireland) and we all got a bit sunburnt. I’ve always loved draught horses and enjoyed watching them re-enacting the olden days.
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@wolfgirl569 (135581)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Mar 21
I love spring time here and driving by the Amish farms
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@wolfgirl569 (135581)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Mar 21
@JudyEv They still do everything the old way
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@JudyEv (381815)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Mar 21
@wolfgirl569 I think I could just about live like that - until I wanted a hot shower or whatever. 
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@Deepizzaguy (122070)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
20 Mar 21
I also enjoy the days when my relatives would visit my late grandparents in the interior of Panama and see the nice farm houses.
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@JudyEv (381815)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Mar 21
@Deepizzaguy I'm sure being on farms or out in the country lowers my blood pressure.
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@Deepizzaguy (122070)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
21 Mar 21
@JudyEv Not that I am living in the U S, I sure miss those days going to the farm area.
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@snowy22315 (208751)
• United States
20 Mar 21
That must have been fun. One time when we at the zoo when my sister was little she got wacked in the head by a Clydesdale. I think she just had her face too close to the fence. She was fairly young...maybe 4 or 5 certainly no more than 7 so I think it made her cry.. She knew the horse wasn't trying to hurt her though.
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@snowy22315 (208751)
• United States
21 Mar 21
@JudyEv I think he was trying to eat the fake flowers on my mothers purse and she was in the way.
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@kaylachan (84699)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Mar 21
Glad you were able to visit him and enjoyed your time when you did.
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@kaylachan (84699)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Mar 21
@JudyEv I doubt a virus can ever be "over" or "gone".
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@JudyEv (381815)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Mar 21
@kaylachan You could well be right.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
21 Mar 21
Then it's nice you were able to go when they were doing the re-enactment.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
21 Mar 21
@JudyEv does he let you know ahead of time when it's running so you can better plan for just that?
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@JudyEv (381815)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Mar 21
@MarshaMusselman No, it's just that we go in the summer when these sorts of events are held. Twice now too we've caught the Tattersalls International 3-Day Event which is a very big horse day.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
20 Mar 21
Nice picture. We still have some of those house driven gadgets in some parts of the country. Each time there are less of course.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
21 Mar 21
We have bullocks ploughing fields even now.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
21 Mar 21
That's a cool picture, especially with the castle in the background.
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@JudyEv (381815)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Mar 21
@LindaOHio That's interesting. 
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
21 Mar 21
@JudyEv Yes, it would. There are places that will make jigsaw puzzles out of your pictures.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
21 Mar 21
There is a place in Indiana where they have the old plows and still use them. We used to go all the time!
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@JudyEv (381815)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Mar 21
@DocAndersen I have my father's old diary and he documents ploughing five acres a day or whatever. It makes interesting reading.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
21 Mar 21
@JudyEv It was a different time then. Now the machine has taken over. plus there are many more people to feed now farmers have to be faster!
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@Dena91 (17029)
• United States
21 Mar 21
We have a gentleman who lives close to my mother in law in our county who still uses his mule to plow the rows in his garden each year. I must say his rows always seem to be the straightest. I love seeing people doing things as they once were, keeps that part of history alive.
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@Chellezhere (6421)
• United States
20 Mar 21
It was a lot of work, but also looks like it was fun. Who wouldn't want to spend time with those horses - even if it had to be for something work-related?
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