School: Camross, Mountrath

Location:
Camross, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 367

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  1. 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.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Breen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rossnadough, Co. Laois