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School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)

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Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Foghlú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0290, Page 110

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  1. The Potato-Crop (continued)

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    the meantime and are ready for sowing. Fresh seed are not usually sown but in case of necessity ashes is mixed with fresh seed before setting them. The seed are sown with a spade. Spades are not made in the local forges but in a foundry as in Mc. Carthy's foundry in Skibbereen. When the seed are sat they are closed with a pike or a "falaheen". The seed are called "scioláin" and the part left over is called "a scológ".
    When the stalks are rising the potatoes are first earthed and in about a fortnight's time they are second earthed. A shovel is used to earth and usually bag manure is put under the earth but in this district
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Female