School: Caisleán Uí Liatháin (C.) (roll number 6845)
- Location:
- Castlelyons, Co. Cork
- Teacher: S. Ní Mhuchadha
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- Potatoes are grown on every farm in this district.
The ground is manured before the potatoes are sown. Potatoes are generally grown here in drills. A Drill plough is used to open and close the drills.
Wooden ploughs were used - a man named Coughlan of Ballyoran uses one still.
Potatoes with good "eyes" are used for seed purposes - the potato is cut in sections called "scalláns,"
The local people do not "comhair" when potato planting is in progress.
Scallans are "dropped" by hand still.
Potatoes are "earthed" twice during growth.
The plough is used for this work.
The growing plants (stalks) are sprayed with "blue stone" at least twice and generally 3 times. A fortnight usually elapses between each spraying.
The potatoes are "picked" in Autumn and pitted
The pit is lined with straw and earth to keep away the frost - the pit is finally covered with straw and earth.
