School: Caisleán Ó gConaing (C.) (roll number 9686)
- Location:
- Castleconnell, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bean Uí Uallacháin
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- (continued from previous page)one foot apart. The manure is evenly divided and the drills are covered in, and are finished until the germanation takes place later. Common ploughs can be made locally. Wheel ploughs are made in Wexford. Spades are made in a foundry and can be bought in any shop.
- Potatoes are grown on most farms. Each year, the average farmer sows about a half acre to an acre of land under potatoes. The ground is manured before turned up. The potatoes are sown in drills by all farmers. The ground is ploughed then harrowed and rolled. Then the drills are opened(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Chrissie Rohan
- Address
- Hermitage, Co. Limerick