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School: Soran, Longford (roll number 14683)

Location:
Soran, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Wilfred O'Callaghan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0759, Page 236

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    To prepare a "lea" field for potatoes, first of all the farmer cut any rushes that are on it. Those help to manure it.
    Then it is cut and "socked" with a plough. This forms the ridge and in doing so loosens the sod and makes it easily turned up with a "loy" or spade. The manure is spread underneath the sod and the seed is set by a sharp pointed tool called a "skeebín."
    It bores through the sod and dropping the seed into the holes that the "skeebín" makes is called "goggaring"
    To prepare a "broken" field, that means a field that was tilled the previous year, the farmer ploughs it into ridges.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Soran, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Frank Brady
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    47
    Address
    Soran, Co. Longford