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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

Location:
Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 05_030

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    The potatoes are set in ridges and drills. For lea land there are ridges made either with a spade or with a plough. Each ridge is left a yard wide and there is a furrow left on each side of it. Manure is then spread on them. The children leave slits and the men set them with the spades.
    When drills are being made the land is first ploughed or dug. It is then harrowed and the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maisie Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Prison North, Co. Mayo