School: Kilnamanagh (roll number 13999)
- Location:
- Kilnamanagh Lower, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Mrs M.E. Masterson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0886, Page 286
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- Potato crop written by Daisy Downes age 12.Potatoes are grown by nearly everybody in the country as they are very valuable for food. The farmer sows half to three or four acres. He sows sufficient for his own use. He also plants so many drills for the men he employs. Some farmers grow a much larger quantity for sale. In the Co. Wexford the main crops of different varieties are generally sowed. The land being well cultivated, drills are opened by a special plough, manure is spread in the drills and seed planted so many inches apart and then covered in with a plough. Then in the month of July or earlier the crops are sprayed to prevent blight which would kill the potatoes. In Autumn, the crop is dug out with a plough or potato digger or with a spade in small gardens. The potatoes are then picked by men, women and children. Then they are carted and put into heaps covered with straw and clay and stored for the winter. These are called potato pits.
- Collector
- Daisy Downes
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
