School: Carlingford (C.) (roll number 13582)
- Location:
- Carlingford, Co. Louth
- Teacher: S. Ní Mhártain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0657, Page 143
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- We grow potatoes each year. My father plants about two roods. Each year the amt. varies.
He prepares the ground with a plough. A covering of sea-weed is then harrowed in.
The potatoes are sown in drills made with a plough.
Wooden ploughs were used some years ago in this district, but no trace of them now remains except with a very old man named Ryan who lives in Bellorgau.
Preparing the seed we cut the large potatoes with three or four eyes, leaving one eye in each seed. The seeds are then dropped fifteen inches apart in the drills, and are afterwards covered with mould - a plough being used for the purpose.
In about three week's time a second covering of mould is giving.
When the potatoes are in bloom they are sprayed. About 8 lbs. of bluestone and 4 lbs. of soda are dissolved in a barrel of water, and this is applied to the young plants.
Weeding is the next operation. We weed outs with our hands, and we gather the weeds with grapes and put them on the ditch. They are afterwards burned.
The loose clay is put back on the drills with a plough.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Evelyn Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carlingford, Co. Louth
