School: An Cruachán (roll number 5243)
- Location:
- Croaghan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Maighréad Ní Chearra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1085, Page 354
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- Our farm contains about one and forty acres of this is in potatoes this Spring but the amount varies every year.
Potatoes are usually grown in a field which grew grain the former year but they are never grown on the land.
On a Spring morning you will hear my brother and the ploughman whistling as they go to plough the land.
The plough is yoked to a pair of swingle-trees and then chains are attached to the back rope of the horses.
Two horses are usually yoked abreast. The harness consists of blinkers, collar, hems and back rope.
Behind the plough a man guides the horses and the plough with reins and the handles in his hands.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ena Wasson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Croaghan, Co. Donegal
