School: Áth Treasna (C.) (roll number 16648)
- Location:
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhurthile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 120
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- (continued from previous page)Spring spade or a Mount Collins spade it has a much larger blade than the ordinary spade and is not used for any other work.
Drills are much easier as all the work can be done by house and plough.
When the plants appear above the ground the earth is raised around them, this stimulates the growth of the plant and helps to swell the tubers or parts of the roots which are the potatoes.
When the plants or stalks reach a certain stage they are sprayed with a chemical mixture which prevents blight, one of the commonest diseases to which the crop is subject.
In Autumn the crop is dug or ploughed out of the ground and stowed in pits for future use.
- Collector
- Nula Ní Néill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Kennedy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
