School: Killea (roll number 3219)
- Location:
- Killea, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Coilín
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- (continued from previous page)at each sideof the rows of manure leaving fifteen inches between every two "seed." Then the "heart seed" are dropped. "Heart seed" is a row of seed dropped in the middle of the row of manure. When all the"seed" are droped the copeing begins. A sod about a foot long and six inches wide is dug in the furrow. The sod is split into two haves and one half put on one side of the furrow and the other side of the furrow the other half of the sod is put. Then the rows of "seed" which are on the side next to the furrow are covered by copeing each furrow. When he is finished copeing he digs clay out of furrow and puts it on top of the "heart seed." He continues this until he has all the heart "seed" covered. Then the "seed" are set. About three weeks after when the stalks are coming up the are moulded. Clay which is dug out of the furrow when the seed are been set is broken with a spade into mould. A shovel is got and the mould is put on the stalks with it. The evening is the best time for moulding because the leaves of stalk are standing up.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Mc Gourty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Jack Rooney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim