1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Druim na dTréad

School: Druim na dTréad

Location:
Drumnatread, Co. an Chabháin
Teacher:
S. Stondúin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1019, Page 257

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1019, Page 257

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Druim na dTréad
  2. XML Page 257
  3. XML “The Potato Crop”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    potatoes. Then the "fear a' tighe and another man dig the furrows and throw in the sods on the seed and cover all with clay
    The kind of spade is used is an ordinary spade. The plough that is used is a plough with two wheels called a "chill" plough. The ploughs we used are made at the foundry in Baileborough by Curry and Company. There are also ploughs used that are made by Pearse and Company Limited of Wexford
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí eacnamaíocha
        1. talmhaíocht (~2,659)
          1. prátaí (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary E. Murtagh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bindoo, Co. an Chabháin
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Murtagh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bindoo, Co. an Chabháin