School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Sráid an Mhuilinn (roll number 2278)
- Location:
- Millstreet, Co. Cork
- Teacher: An tSr. Caoimhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0323, Page 274
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- (continued from previous page)Ploughed and crossed ploughed and rolled then it is made into drills by a drill plough. The manure is drawn out on the drills and is spread. The sciolláns are spread down on the manure then the drill plough splits the drill and covers the manure on each side with the earth.Drills are all horse work. A lot of spade work is used in the making of ridges. The seed have to be stuck in the ridges but not in drills they are spread instead. Spade work looks better.The local black-smiths make the spades and also shop spades are used. These are the three parts of a spade the handle the step and spade.The seed is picked and cut and they call them sciolláns. The blind parts which are left over are called cruellanán,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peg Dennehy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Millstreet, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Philip Dennehy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Millstreet, Co. Cork
