School: Caherline, Pallasgreen (roll number 15226)
- Location:
- Caherline, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: P. Ó Donnchadha
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- Potatoes are grown in every farm.
A big farmer sows about an acre
A small farmer sows about 1/2 an acre
A poor man sows about 1/4 an acrePotatoes are sown in ridges and drills
Two sods in ridges. Plough does the work. Spades are not made locally but bought in shop.
Potatoes are cut in Sgiolláns with an eye in each.
(Sketch of Spade)
' Tilly for leg at right hand side'Local people do not help one another in sowing potatoes.
Potatoes are stored in pits
Two kinds of potatoe, the big ones and crahawn (?)
