School: Currach Saileach (roll number 13800)
- Location:
- Curraghsallagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Séamus Mag Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0243, Page 101
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- (continued from previous page)to make sure that every hole is covered well. If a man has no one to help him he gets a school - girl dibbling them.
When this is done the furrows are dug or ploughed and the clay put up on the ridges. This is called moulding. Next when the stalks are an inch or two above the ground, the furrows are dug again and the mould is put between the stalks to strengthen them. This is called the second moulding.
In the month of June washing soda and blue-stone are got and put steeping for a day; this is called spray. Then a "besom" is got and the farmer walks up and down the furrows sprinkling the stalks. Some people get a spraying machine but most people get a "besom". This is done three or four times in the year. The oftener it is sprayed the better the crop, and it will keep away the blight. The blight first of all falls on boggy land.
In the month of October the potatoes are dug and separated from the roots. The big ones that are safe are put in one pit and a layer of rushes(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Winnie Carney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Curraghsallagh, Co. Roscommon
