School: Mullinahone (C.) (roll number 15363)

Location:
Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire Ní Shéaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0560, Page 305

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  1. In olden times wheat was sown in ridges. This method prevented the land from being water-logged as the surplus was drained off in the furrows between the ridges.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary J. Tobin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Timothy Tobin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Occupation
    Shopkeeper
    Address
    Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
  2. Formerly set in ridges. When a farmer wished to 'break' a grass field he simply set the potatoes on the grass - three rows in each ridge. He then made a furrow between every three rows, and with the clay which he unearthed in the furrows he covered the potatoes. When the potatoes were ploughed up in the Autumn the field was 'broken'.
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