School: Clongorey, An Droichead Nua (roll number 8361)
- Location:
- Clongorey, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: S. Mac Phaitrisc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776, Page 026
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- (continued from previous page)cutting them he leaves an eye in each bit because it will not grow without an eye. He only cuts the big potatoes. When these are ready he puts manure on the drills and then drops the potatoes. When they are all dropped my brother covers them in again with the plough. We use iron ploughs in Clongorey but there is one wooden plough owned by an old man called Mr Kelly. The Potato Crop. contd.
When the potatoes are a few inches above the ground they are landed with the plough. This protects them from getting green by the frost. Some people spray them with a special spray. When the blossom is gone off the potato we about the month of July we start to dig them. They are left in the drills until the month of October, and then they are ploughed out and picked and are brought home. They are pitted in the haggard and are covered with straw and clay.
- Collector
- Rosie Donohue
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clongorey, Co. Kildare
