School: Meelick (roll number 14592)
- Location:
- Meelick, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Gearóid Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 372
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- Potatoes are the chief crop grown locally. They are grown on every farm and about one-third of our land is sown under potatoes each year.
My father prepares the ground. He first ploughs the ground. This he does with an iron plough and a pair of horses. Sometimes he sows the potatoes in ridges and sometimes in drills. On lands which are stoney, and on bog lands, a spade is used instead of a plough. The spade used is made by the local blacksmith and is called a "láig".
Potatoes are usually prepared a few days before sowing. The potatoes are cut into a number of pieces with a bud in each peice. The useless parts are called "Liacháns"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mollie Ganly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonmaul, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Martin Ganly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonmaul, Co. Roscommon
