old sod

He finds work in factories, for he still shuns the soil, much as he professes to love the "old sod."

Those who leave Ireland commonly become all the more attached to it: they get to love the old sod all the more intensely.

Cut out the old sod evenly and put down good new sod with edges fitting snugly.

Andy finished the line about remaining two happy lovers in his little old sod shanty, and went to the door with the dishpan.

I built my house right at the west edge of the old sod building which by that time stock had rubbed to the ground.