School: An Ghráinseach, Cluain Meala (roll number 7982)
- Location:
- Grange, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh
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- Informant
- Joesph Mossirrey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Thomastown, Co. Tipperary
- How Potatoes were set in bán ridges.
Parish of Newcastle, 40 years ago.
The bán field was ploughed in ridges. The ridge consisted of five sods about 7 inches by 2 1/2 or so inches deep. The plough used was what was called a No 7 and had no wheels. It was the great test of the ploughman's skill to make ridges well. The ridges were then "settled" (socruighthe) with an adze shaped implement called a Grafán i.e. the edges were levelled down. The sciolán-s were set with a spade. They were carried in a máilín. The máilín was tied(continues on next page)