School: Cill Bheoláin (B.), Áth an Mhuilinn, Ráth Luirc
- Location:
- Kilbolane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Séaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369, Page 160
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- Sufficient for the family, an Irish quarter, 20 sts. of seed. The manure is spread when the drills are opened. A plough is used. Timber ploughs and spades of local manufacture are not used. The people rarely help one another. Then the potato-stalks are over ground the earth of the furrows is broken with a 'scuffler', to destroy weeds. The earth is raised to the stalks with a plough. Stalks are coated with a spraying mixture to prevent plight. When the stalks are withered the potatoes are dug by means of a plough or potato-digger & afterwards stored in pits which are covered with earth, sods & rushes. The principal varieties which are grown here are 'Ker Pinks' & Arran Chief. They are suitable for this district.
- Collector
- Daniel Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Milford, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr P.M. Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 47
- Address
- Milford, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs P.M. Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Milford, Co. Cork
