School: Doire an Daimh (Derrindaffe) (roll number 10976)
- Location:
- Derrindaff, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Foghludha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0410C, Page 03_028
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- (continued from previous page)successful as the ploughs we have now. because they get worn very quickly from the ground. The spades that are used now are not home made, but they are all bought in shops.
Before the setting of the potatoes, they are set cut in a certain way. The local people help each other when they are setting the potatoes, a crowd of the surrounding neighbors gather together and sow the potatoes. Then the potatoes are strayed in the summer with bluestone and washing sods to prevent the blight coming on
- Collector
- Bernard Stack
- Gender
- Male
