School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Sráid an Mhuilinn (roll number 2278)
- Location:
- Sráid an Mhuilinn, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: An tSr. Caoimhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0323, Page 273
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- The Potato CropSome people sow about an acre or half of potatoes or what ever amount they require. The farmers set the most potatoes. Manure is spread on the ground before the ridges are made. The ridges are ploughed five sods in every ridge and a furrow is left between every two ridges for the earth. Sometimes the manure is spread on the top of the ridges when the potatoes are sown.The furrows are ploughed with a furrow plough and the earth is shoocled [?] up on the top of of the ridges. The most of potatoes that are sown in drills but the potatoes that grow in ridges are the best for eating.This is they way drills are made the ground must be broken up very fine it must(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peg Dennehy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sráid an Mhuilinn, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Philip Dennehy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Sráid an Mhuilinn, Co. Chorcaí
