School: Corlea
- Location:
- Corlea, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Mearáin
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- There are potatoes grown on our six acre farm. There are about two acres of land sown under potatoes each year. The amount varies according to the soil and to the weather. The farmer prepares the ground. Some farmers manure the ground before being turned up and some do not manure it until it has been turned up. Some farmers sow the potatoes in drills and others in ridges. If they are sown in drills a plough is used and if they are sown in ridges a spade is used. The ground is first ploughed and then cross-ploughed and harrowed. Then the manure is spread and the potatoes dropped and the drills are closed(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Finegan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corlea, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Patrick Finegan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Corlea, Co. Cavan