School: Lios Uí Chearbhaill (B.), Malla (roll number 12015)

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1. The Potato Crop

   

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   Potatoes were first introduced into this country three or four hundred years ago. They are very good food and in olden days they were eaten by the people with sour milk. The potatoes are planted in my district in the month of March. When a man ploughs a field for the first year it is called bán and this is supposed to be better for the potato-crop. When a field is ploughed before, it is called stubble ground. The drills are made and the manure is spread on the furrow. Then the potatoes are spread on the manure and the drills are closed by ploughing at each side of them. When a man has very little garden he makes taobh fhód. He turns a sod in at each side and leaves a grass patch in the middle. Then he spreads the potatoes on the grass patch and covers them with manure. He then digs the furrows and covers the manure with earth. When the ground is ready the potatoes are cut into sciolláns and this is usually done by an old woman. There is an "eye" in every potato and the potato is cut according to the number of eyes in it. This is done for the good of the potato and out of every eye grows a stalk The potatoes are then planted

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. potatoes (~2,701)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   James Dennis

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Moyge, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mrs Hickey

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   74

   Address

   Moyge, Co. Cork