School: Clochar na Toirbhirte
- Location:
- Lismore, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Sr M. Gráinne
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- This is how my uncle prepares the ground for the potato crop. He ploughs a stubble field. Then he harrows it and makes the clay as fine as possible. The next process is to make drills with a plough. These being made he spread the manure between the drills and on these he shakes a little lime.
Then the land is prepared for the potatoes. A small seed potato or a scollán is placed on the manure. Each scollán is placed a distance of about four inches from its neighbour. When a drill is sown with the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lismore, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mr Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lismore, Co. Waterford