skibbal, skibbet

In County Clare, Ireland, ? – 19th century, = 2 bushels or 7 stones of oats.

Edward Wakefield.
An Account of Ireland, statistical and political.
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812.

Volume 2, page 202. Wakefield appears to indicate that the information is taken from
Hely Dutton, below.

Sources

In some places they have a measure called a skibbet; it contains two bushels or seven stone of oats.

Hely Dutton.
Statistical Survey of the County of Clare, with observations on the means of improvement etc..
Dublin: 1808.
Page 356.

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