School: Baile an Bhile (B.) (roll number 12195)
- Location:
- Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: John F. Higgins
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- (continued from previous page)three weeks he moulds them with the plough. When the stalks come up he sprays them. Then he leaves them at that for a month or so. Then he digs them with a fork and puts them in a pit in the field. The names of the potatoes are - arran banners, donegal queens, up-to-dates, american champions, old champions.
- The people in this district sow potatoes every year. They plough the land and make drills or ridges. Then they stick the potatoes with spades. Then he puts the manure out on the ridges with the horse and cart. Wooden ploughs are not used in the district. The people cut the potatoes before they sow them. Sometimes the people help each other when they are sowing potatoes. When the potatoes are sown a while they are moulded. First the farmer ploughs the dikes with a horse and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Lyons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cushlough, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mary Lyons
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cushlough, Co. Mayo
