School: Scoil na mBráthar, Caiseal (roll number 16726)

Location:
Cashel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An Br. B. E. Ó hOireabháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0555, Page 285

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  1. Every year in Springtime we set about two acres of potatoes. The ploughman goes out every day and prepares the the ground for them. When the ground is ready we put out the farmyard-manure along in the furrow of the drills and then spread the manure. The potatoes are usually sown in drills but are sometimes sown in ridges. Generally when sowing the potatoes a plough is used because it is faster than a spade. Long ago the people used wooden ploughs but there are not many of them there now. We have one on our farm and a few others have them as well, but they dont use them. The spades are ought in the shops. Before the potatoes are sown the ground is ploughed and then drilled. When sowing the potatoes the local neighbours help. When the potatoes are about half a foot over ground they are hoes, next earthed and then sprayed to prevent blight Digging of the potatoes is usually done
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paul Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mountjudkin, Co. Tipperary