School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gort an Bheithe, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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- Long ago when the farmers used sow potatoes. They first dug all the soil that was required for the seed with a spade. Then they went around with a pitch fork to brake the big lumps. When that was done the drills were opened with a shovel and they put out the manure on their backs with a "cliabh" and spread it along the drills.
Then they put down the sgiollans a food from each other and the eyes should be turned up.
Then three or four men or one man would would close them with a spade. Then the first man(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cáit Ní Chorra
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doire Fada, Co. an Chláir
- Informant
- Thomas Corry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Doire Fada, Co. an Chláir
