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The Quiet Man

  • 20-08-2015 2:26am
    #1
    snow scorpion
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    Every time I watch the movie and we get to the scene where Sean gets the £350 from Danaher I start wondering, "What are they burning out in the middle of a meadow?"

    I'm half paying attention to the story and half thinking, "Isn't having a fire in a meadow full of dry hay kind of a bad idea?"

    Can anyone help me with this?


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  • #2
    whisky_galore
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    He threw the money into the firebox of a portable steam engine, like this one...

    http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/existingmedia/11016/12%20steam%20engine%20SRWSC.JPG

    It's not self-propelled, it would have to be drawn to the wherever it's needed with horses. Presume it was there to do threshing. Steam was used before internal combustion engined tractors came on the scene. It wouldn't go sending out sparks unless you went burning wood in it.


  • #3
    Suckler
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    He threw the money into the firebox of a portable steam engine, like this one...

    http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/existingmedia/11016/12%20steam%20engine%20SRWSC.JPG

    Can you imagine the hardship of that lump going down in a soft spot back then.


  • #4
    whisky_galore
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    Only meant for solid ground, there were self propelled versions that could do ploughing, working in pairs on each side of the field and drawing the plough back and forth across the field with cables from a drum underneath the boiler. The drivers communicated to each other using the steam whistles.


  • #5
    Jb1989
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    Suckler wrote: »
    Can you imagine the hardship of that lump going down in a soft spot back then.

    Stick a chain on it shure


  • #6
    Sam Kade
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    Last time I watched it was around Christmas a few years back. I fell asleep before the end.


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  • #7
    Suckler
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    Jb1989 wrote: »
    Stick a chain on it shure

    And then what? :D Its not like they'd be able to call up a neighbour for a tractor and help drag it out. The ass' & plough horse would've been doing the bulk of the drag around these parts around that time!


  • #8
    whisky_galore
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    Suckler wrote: »
    And then what? :D Its not like they'd be able to call up a neighbour for a tractor and help drag it out. The ass' & plough horse would've been doing the bulk of the drag around these parts around that time!

    A team of horses would be your only hope back then.


  • #9
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Only meant for solid ground, there were self propelled versions that could do ploughing, working in pairs on each side of the field and drawing the plough back and forth across the field with cables from a drum underneath the boiler. The drivers communicated to each other using the steam whistles.

    I saw that setup in innishannon a few years ago, it was a grubber they were pulling.


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