School: St John's Monastery, Ballaghderreen (roll number 13709)
- Location:
- Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An Br. P. Ó Ceallaigh
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called "scillauns". People then make holes in the ground with a
"stíbín" and put the splits into them. The holes are then closed with a spade. After that the manure is spread on the ridges. The mould is put on the manure.After some time a second moulding is put on. The potatoes are sprayed in June or July. They are left like that until September or October when they are dug. The "early" ones are dug in September and the late ones in October.
The small potatoes are separated from the big ones and each kind are then put into a pit. They are covered with clay and rushes to protect them from the frost. Some of the fairly big potatoes are kept for the next years crop.
- Collector
- Joseph O Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Martin Peyton
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 89
- Address
- Cashelard, Co. Roscommon
