School: Baile an Mhóta (roll number 16260)
- Location:
- Ballymote, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Beárnais
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- It is usual to have the manure on the soil before the digging is commenced and the manure is thrown on the land in December or January. If the field is of a large size a plough is used in the digging but if the field is small or hilly a spade is used in carrying out operations.Some time ago a wooden plough was used or a loy was used. The wooden plough was not as strong or as lasting as the steel ploughs which are now used. A loy is an instrument, similar to the slean or turf-spade and is often used around here even now.After the potatoes are sown they are left for a short time. Then they are moulded that is the clay is piled up around them and ridges are made. Furrows are often made in some parts but ridges are mostly used.When the potatoes are being dug boys go after diggers and the potatoes are collected. The big ones are put in a certain place for themselves and the small ones in another place. The potatoes are then "pitted":- that is they are piled together and(continues on next page)
