School: Faill Ó Thuiadh (B.) Foilogohig, Baile Deasún
- Location:
- Faill Ó gCothaigh, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Liam Ó Caoimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0356, Page 344
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- (continued from previous page)with a spade and then the sciolláns are dropped in or "stuck" as it is locally called. The holes are then closed and a little covering of earth is put on the ridges. The neighbours usually gather in what is locally known as a "meirceall" and help each other at the potato. The potatoes are cared during the Summer by trenching them twice. The stalks are also sprayed during the Summer with a mixture of bluestone and washing soda so as to prevent the blight interfering with them and perhaps causing their failure. They are dug with spades. The women usually pick them.
- Collector
- Jermiah Ingland
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Ingland
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
