School: Ceapach na bhFaoiteach (C.) Toem (roll number 14792)
- Location:
- Cappagh White, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máire Ní Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0542, Page 208
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- Potatoes are grown on our farm. About half-an-acre is sown under the potatoes. My brothers prepare the ground and it is manured before being turned up. The potatoes are sown both in drills and in ridges. These drills and ridges are generally made by the plough and sometimes by the spade. One line of potatoes is usually sown in drills and two lines in ridges. The spades are not made locally but they are bought in the shops. Small potatoes are sown in full and the big ones are cut. The people help one another in sowing them locally. Some farmers use farm-yard manure on the surface before it is turned up. The ground is ploughed first, then harrowed,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Greenfield, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Greenfield, Co. Tipperary
