School: Inch, Borris

Location:
Clanagh, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Michael J. O'Donoghue
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 625

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 625

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    dyeing linen.
    In the olden times the people made linen from flax and they dyed it with the dye they made from the ferns. A pain in the stomach was cured with the juce of a prime rose. The Calvary weed is called this because there is a drop of blood on each leaf.
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  2. Potatoes are still grown in this district. Every year we saw about two acres of potatoes. Sometimes more are sown and sometimes less. My father prepares the ground. First he ploughs the field and then he harrows it to make the ground soft and smooth. Next he drills it and then puts manure on it and then it is ready to sow the potatoes.
    The potatoes are sown in drills. Long ago they were sown in ridges. In this district a plough is used of a spade. In the olden times they did all their work with a spade. Wooden ploughs were used in this
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Foley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gowlin, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Owen Foley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gowlin, Co. Carlow