What I'm longing for is a country watermill that takes twenty-four hours to grind a sack of corn."
"The Great Hunger"
Johan Bojer
Almost every village had a watermill.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly
It was very useful in flat areas where streams were too slow for a watermill unless a dam were built.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly