School: Danescastle
- Location:
- Danescastle, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Loinghsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0875, Page 072
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- (continued from previous page)to save their boots.
Very few wore Stockings.
Socks were hand-Knit and were invariably coloured white.
- Preparation :Loads of manure are brought and spread around the field.Then the field is ploughed and harrowedThe potatoes were sown in ridges which were made by turning the sods over the manure.
Wooden ploughs were used long ago but a spade was very commonly usedIn the month of October the potatoes were dug with a Spade
Sometimes a plough was used to plough them up and the neighbours helped to pick themThey used big baskets with a handle on each side to pick them. They stored them in pits(continues on next page)
