School: Belvoir, Kilkishen
- Location:
- Belvoir, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chadhla
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- My father sets about two acres of potatoes every year in drells He prepares the land first, by ploughing and harrowing the and then opening the drills. He all-ways puts his finks of manure in the potatoes from year manure which he spreads along the furrows between the drills. On the top of the manure he spreads the "sgillans" about a foot apart
The he puts articial manure on to of the "zillane" again He buys the artificial manure He then covers the potatoes and leaves them there for about a month, or so.
In the harness his horses again and ties a bush to them and bushes the drills or knocks them, then(continues on next page)
