School: Gortlitreach (roll number 15960)
- Location:
- Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0220, Page 119
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- (continued from previous page)manure into the middle of it and put mould over it. Then you get the splits and the stibhin. The stibhin is a long thick stick with a point on the bottom of it. There's a small stick out from it down near the bottom. You put your foot on the small stick and the point will go down through the ground. The one who is making the holes with the stibhin is called the setter and the one that puts the splits into the hole is called the gugeron. You put the splits into the hole. When you have them all set you stop them and pull the mould over them. When the are about five weeks set there.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Betty Higgins
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Farnaght, Co. Leitrim
