Turas Siar 228 - Pádraic S. as an gCartúr le Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG : Tornóga, áitheanna agus tionscal na ceilpe sa gceantar fadó.
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The title mentions 'Pádraic S. as an gCartúr', and the conversation style and content suggest an elderly native speaker from Erris.
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Bhíodh siad dhá chur ar
They used to be putting it on.
Bhíodh siad dhá chur ar ar fhataí.
They used to put it on the potatoes.
Nuair a bhí ag cur na bhfataí san earrach
When the potatoes were being planted in the spring.
Nuair a chaithfeadh siad na fataí a dhéanamh.
When they would have to do the potatoes..
chathaoir ansin ar an urlár agus landáil siad na fataí seo na
A chair then on the floor and they landed these potatoes.
Chaithfeadh siad isteach cócaí a chuaigh isteach i mullach na bhfataí.
They would have to throw in lime that went into the top of the potatoes.
Cén aidhm a bhí leis sin?
What was the purpose of that?
mhóna, 'Sin é ní loicfeadh an fata adeir siad a bheith an tsaol curtha, ní loicfeadh sé, ní ghabhfadh aon phéiste ná ná dada eile dhá chóir.
of turf, 'That’s it, they say the potato would not fail to be sown, it would not fail, no worm or anything else would harm it..
Bhí bhíodh bhíodh toradh céadach ar na fataí sin a deir mé ag rá iad chonaic mé féin iad dhá chur air.
There used to be a plentiful yield on those potatoes I am talking about, I saw them myself being put in.