School: Arklow (Mercy) Convent (An Charraig)
- Location:
- Arklow, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: An tSr. Camillus
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- Collector
- Joan Kavanagh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cooladangan, Co. Wicklow
- We sow about two acres of potatoes every year. The ground is manured before the potatoes are put in. There are a few early potatoes put in ridges: the rest are put in drills. before the potatoes are sown they are cut and they are called seed potatoes. The potatoes are put in, in March and in July they are fit to dig. A spade is used to dig the potatoes. The spade is bought in a shop. the men go out to the field with a spade, bucket and sack. The stalks are pulled up and the potatoes are dug out of the ground.(continues on next page)