School: Taobh Breac (roll number 15227)
- Location:
- Tievebrack, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Donnchadh E. Mac Congáile
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- There are potatoes grown on our farm every year. Each year there is almost five acres of land sown under potatoes. It is always the men that prepares the land for the potatoes. Some people manures [?] the ground before the turn it up.The people sow the potatoes in drills about this district. Before the drills are made, the field is ploughed, next it is cross-ploughed, then it is harrowed and after that the drills are made. There are ploughs used for making the drills.Long ago the people used to work with wooden ploughs, Some people work with them. Before the potatoes are sown someone cuts these [?]. The spades that are now, are bought in shop.The people around this district help one another to put in the crop. Some people gives [sic] their horses to close the drills. Other give meat [?] to help to drop the potatoes.During the Summer months the potatoes are saddled harrowed and next they are grubbed. The people dig the potatoes in Autumn after the corn is cut. Men and women pick the potatoes off the ground. The people dig the potatoes with potato diggers. Then they are lifted by the people(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lizzie Mc Menamin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Belalt, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr John Mac Menamin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Belalt, Co. Donegal
