School: Rathmore, Tullow

Location:: Rathmore, Co. Carlow
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are St Patrick and St Bridget. There were some people cured at the well. It is specially recommended for the cure of cuts. Invalids generally drink the well water and they bathe in it and rub it to the affected part. There is a sgeach bush at the well.

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The Potato Crop

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Potatoes are sown on our land athome. There is one acre of potatoes sown on our land every year. My father prepares the ground for the potatoes. Farm manure is put out in heaps from a cart. It is afterwards spread out with a grape. Sometimes soil from the side of the road is used because it contains alot of dead leaves. Lime is also shaken over the ground before ploughing. The potatoes are sown in drills. The drills are made with a drill plough. They are sown in ridges in the garden. The ridges are made with a spade. The spades are bought in a shop. [Drawing] Potatoes are cut in two or three pieces for seed. Each piece must have at least two eyes. After cutting they are covered with straw and sacks. The potatoes are taken out with a digger. Some use a plough and others use a spade. The women and children are got to pick the potatoes.
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Topics
1. activities
  economic activities
  agriculture (~2,659)
  potatoes (~2,701)
Language

English
Collector
Gretta Loughlin
Gender

Female
Address

Straboe, Co. Carlow

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