School: Tullogher, Ros Mhic Treoin (roll number 14648)
- Location:
- Tullagher, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Mrs Winnie Murphy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0846, Page 445
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- (continued from previous page)It was then farmyard manure was spread and the potatoes were moulded or "mowled" they used say, ie. the clay was dug to loosen it in the shough (pro. shuch) between the ridges, and with a shovel this loose clay or mould was put up on the ridges covering the manure.When the stalks were well over the ground, the clay was again dug up to loosen, and put in around the stalks loosely - that is they were mowled: the first mowling was only covering them: or the second time in was called "second mowling"
*Preparation of the seed: The potato seeds were prepared by cutting each potato into a few pieces each containing "an eye" through which it budded. These seeds were called "splits", and should be cut a few days before sowing. The pieces which contained no eye were useless for seed, and were called "Lurghe'ans (?)." They could be boiled for fowl or pigs.I think the weeding of the potatoes was always done before the second mowlin' was called "Garden or Sunday" which(continues on next page)
