School: Cill Mhuire (B.), Lios Árd-achaidh

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1. Proverbs (continued)

   

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   A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush The longest way round is the nearest way home. Two heads are better than one. A rolling stone gathers no moss. Too late to spare when all is spent. There is a slippery stone at every gentleman's door. Birds of one feather flock together. Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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2. Potatoes

   

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   The people in my district help one another and it is commonly called caring. All the potatoes are sown in drills. The townland of Ballymichael is very famous for potatoes. The iron plough is used for making drills.
   Up to twenty years ago potatoes were set in ridges. A hole was made in the ground with the spade, a sciolan taken from the pouch and dropped in. The potatoes were much drier and more floury when grown in ridges. The setting of potatoes in ridges

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