School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)
- Location:
- Tamhlachtain, Co. Laoise
- Teacher: L. Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0838, Page 194
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- (continued from previous page)in drills. Some of them are sown in ridges.
The men of the houses prepare the land. First they plough it then they harrow it. The plough is mostly used to make drills. The spade is mostly used to make ridges. Most of the spades are bought in the shop.
This is how they prepare the potatoes before sowing them. First they cut them into seed leaving an eye in each piece. If the ground is wet they put lime on them to keep them good.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Carmel Graham
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tamhlachtain, Co. Laoise
- Informant
- Gladys Booth
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Goirtín, Co. Laoise
