1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. An Baile Mór

School: An Baile Mór (roll number 11193)

Location:
Ballymore Lower, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
D. E. Tate
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 247

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 247

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: An Baile Mór
  2. XML Page 247
  3. XML “Potatoes”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Potatoes

    Share Share Post
    The ground is ploughed then it is harrowed, if it is neccessary it is ploughed again. Then the potato drills are made. The manure is carted out to the fields and thrown off in little heaps. Then the people go out with grapes and spread it. The potatoes are taken out and laid one foot apart in the drills. Then the farmer takes a bucket of guauno and sulphur ammonia and mix them together; then put it on the potatoes. Then he takes the plough and closes the drills. They are moulded and weeded. Before they are sprayed they are moulded again. They are sprayed
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pearl Stewart
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Stewart
    Gender
    Male