School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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- Work according to the month on a Leix Farm
John Breen: Times in a thatched Rosnadough, house Camross.January:
Beet-Pulling. Cleaning out cow house. Feeding a few pigs. Trapping and snaring rabbits. Trimming hedges and laying ditches. Rambling at night. Having an odd card school.
A few dances here and there – music Melodeon or Fiddle.February:
Lambing season. Out at night minding lambs (lantern).
Cross-ploughing to sow early potatoes.
Garden-tilling for a few early cabbage plants. Spring wheat sown.March:
Sowing potatoes in drills.
Cows calve in March. Milk sent to the creamery.(continues on next page)- Informant
- John Breen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rossnadough, Co. Laois