School: Ráth an Bharraigh, Clanna Caoilte (roll number 9067)
- Location:
- Ráth an Bharraigh, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Seán Ó Grífín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0316, Page 041
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- XML “Weeds and Herbs of the District”
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Nearly everyone in this district plants potatoes. They prepare the land previously by ploughing it in the Winter. Some people plough in the manure also and more people put it on before setting the potatoes. They use both farmyard and artificial manure.
In the Spring the ground is re-ploughed and harrowed and all weeds picked.
Then the field is drilled and the potatoes planted artificial manure spread, and the drills closed. All the farmers in this district plant the potatoes in the drills . in the olden(continues on next page)
