School: Berrings (Measctha) (roll number 4186)
- Location:
- Berrings, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Drisceoil
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- The potatoes are the first crop the farmer sows in spring. The farmer first harrows the ground which was ploughed in winter. Sometimes it is cross-plough and harrowed again. Drills are then made by means of a plough. The yard-manure is carted out in the field and spread along the furrows between the drills. Meanwhile the farmer's wife prepares the seed-potatoes. If the year is dry the potatoes are cut into pieces. In each piece there is what is called "an eye". If the year is wet the potatoes are not cut. When the potatoes are cut, they are known as "skillawns". The "skillawns" are then placed on top of the manure and each "skillawn" about a foot apart from each other. The drills are then closed by splitting the old drills and forming new ones. The stalk is raised to when the stalk is three inches high.