School: Kilcullen (B.)
- Location:
- Cill Chuillinn, Co. Chill Dara
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776D, Page 14_019
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- (continued from previous page)are the principal popies or spicds[?] grown here. The ground is tilled first then cow dung is put on it. The seed is dropped and covered in.
Long ago the rlef[?] ( an treabh) as it was called was used to be the implement for digging the ground.
In some places the potatoes are sprayed with a liquid called Kartum.
It is mixed with warm water and then sprayed on with a pump.
- Collector
- Diarmuid Ó Ceallaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cill Chuillinn, Co. Chill Dara
