School: Feevagh (roll number 9517)
- Location:
- Feevagh, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Seán Ó Bhaldraithe
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- (continued from previous page)a row across the ridge about one foot apart. The another row is stuck and so on until the whole ridge is finished. The rows of slits are stuck about one foot apart. The sticker carries a supply of slits in a small bag around his neck. The bag is called a sticking bag and holds about a stone.
When the slits are stuck in the ridges the manure is spread over them. Then the furrows are cut with the plough in order to soften the mould.
My father then shovels the mould upon the ridge in order to cover the manure with soil. When the stalks are just coming up, the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget Coyne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowntarriff, Co. Ros Comáin
