Peat Cutting Day is a public holiday in the Falkland Islands that is celebrated on the first Monday in October every year. == Background == Traditionally, Peat Cutting Day was the time of year when Falkland Islanders went out to cut cubes of surface-soil peat which was then used as the primary fuel for heating homes and cooking food in the islands.
Peat Cutting Day is a public holiday in the Falkland Islands that is celebrated on the first Monday in October every year. == Background == Traditionally, Peat Cutting Day was the time of year when Falkland Islanders went out to cut cubes of surface-soil peat which was then used as the primary fuel for heating homes and cooking food in the islands.
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