School: Baile na mBreathnach (Welchtown) (roll number 9882)
- Location:
- Welchtown, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: R. A. Alcorn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1093, Page 088
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- How the ground is prepared.
First the ground is ploughed, then it is harrowed and cultivated, then the drills are opened, then the manure is put out and spread, the potatoes are dropped and the drills are closed.
Are wooden ploughs still used?
They are not used, metal ploughs and iron ploughs are used.
Were spades made in this district.
They were brought from other countries but now they are made in Eire.
Write an account of the seed potato.
Pick the best potato and cut it into two equal parts, then drop them in the drill and 7 or 8 inches apart. Then cover the drills.
Do the neighbours help one another with the potatoes?
In some parts they do but in others they do not.
Care of potatoes while growing.
First hoe the potatoes, then gather the weeds off them, and run them up, with a plough. Then saddle-harrow them, and spray them.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Helen Hume
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Curraghomongan, Co. Donegal
