Potato Crop

Abstract: Story collected by Mary B. Murphy, a student at Drummond school (Drummin, Co. Carlow) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0903/2/139

 Drummond [Vol. 0903, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : Carlow County Schools

COLLECTOR
Murphy, Mary B. 
Gender
female
Location
Bauck (Townland) 
St. Mullin's (Civil parish) 
St. Mullin's Lower (Barony) 
Carlow (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

The Potato Crop  [duchas:5029837]

The people around this district sow about a half acre of potatoes. Drills are made except when a man has no plough to make drills. He sows ridges. The drills are made with a double mould board plough.
Before the potatoes are sown the small ones are halved. The people help one another sowing them. In the summer months the potatoes are wed, clayed, and sprayed to keep away the blight. In autumn they are dug with a digger, a machine drawn by two horses. It scatters the potatoes around the field. Boys and girls pick them in aprons. People who have no digger plough them out.
Pits are made in the field  and the potatoes are put in them. They are covered with ferns and clay. After some time they are brought home and put in a pit in the haggard. The pit is flat on the bottom and coming to an edge on the top. This prevents the rain from staying on the pit.
The "Arran Banners" are the best potatoes. "Kerrs Pinks are also sown around this district.

Resource description

Origin information
Drummin, Co. Carlow
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 453
Volume 0903
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher P. Ó Murchadha.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Agriculture--Talmhaíocht
School location
Drummin An Droimín Drummin St. Mullin's St. Mullin's Lower Carlow
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5142991
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0903/2/139

Suggested credit
"The Potato Crop"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5142991>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher P. Ó Murchadha.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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