School: Both Íseal (roll number 16744)
- Location:
- Boheeshil, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Séamus Ua Conchobhair
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0470, Page 062
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- "How potatoes were sown Long ago."
The first thing that was done was, the ground in which the potatoes were to be set was marked with a rope called a marhing-line and stroked along near the line with a spade. The ground was then turned with a spade and made into ridges. Each ridge was three feet wide. Between every ridge there was a clash which was a foot and a half wide. The potatoes were then got and cut into parts. Each part was called a "[?]". An eye was left in each part for it was out of the eye the stalk grew. Then the "[?]" were brought to the field in bags.
One person got a bucket and filled it with "[?]". Another person got a spade. The person of the spade put a hole in the ridge. The person of the bucket put a "[?]" into each hole. There used to be three holes strait across the ridge. This is continued until the garden was set. He then packed the holes tightly with a spade.
After the garden had been set the people drew manure on the ridges with a "cleab." They spread it on the ridges with a pike. They then dug up the clashes with a spade and shovelled the earth on the ridges with a shovell. It was left there for about three weeks until the stalks were high. They were again carthed. After a few weeks more they were sprayed. This was done in the following manner:(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Shelia Coffey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloon East, Co. Kerry
