School: Naomh Breandán (C.), Blennerville (roll number 16899)
- Location:
- Blennerville, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhuircheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 605
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- Potatoes are grown on our farm. We set half an acre of potatoes this year. We set more some year, and other years less.
My father prepares the grounds. First the ground is ploughed, then it is cross-ploughed. Then it is harrowed, then the drills are opened with a plough. Then they are manured. Earth is turned down on the manure with a plough. Some people set potatoes in ridges, and others set them in drills. Potatoes are planted in lawn or in tillage.
Some people use a plough if they have a lot of potatoes to set, and people that have not much potatoes to set use a spade. Wooden(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Tangney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Curragraigue, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Michael Tangney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Curragraigue, Co. Kerry
