School: Muirnín (roll number 3968)
- Location:
- Murneen, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Mháille
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- Long ago the people did not sow as much potatoes as they do now.
First they used to plough the land into ridges then they used to make the ridges fine with a spade. Then they used to make a hole with a spade and cover a slit within in it with soil. After a while they used to put manure on the ridges with an ass and baskets. Then they used to cover it with soil out of the dike. When the stalks came up they used to put soil around the stalks with their hands. In Autumn they used to dig the potatoes put them in a pit and cover them.
- Collector
- Padraig Ó Ceallaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Murneen, Co. Mayo
