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1. Proverbs (continued)

   

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   information from Pat Keane, Crumlin. He got this from his father Michael Keane who died when he was eighty years, twenty years ago.
   1. Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
   2. Everyone has his own story.
   3. Where the women is, there is talk.
   4. A good beginning is half the work.
   5. Tell me your company and I will tell you who you are.
   6. Work is better than talk.
   7. Never leave until to-morrow what you can do to-day.
   8. Never judge a book by its cover.

   

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2. Potato Growing Locally

   

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   When a person is going to sow potatoes first of all he ploughs the land into ridges with a plough and two horses. Then after a few days he harrows it. Then it is ready for sticking the potatoes. While the man is getting the land ready the woman of the house slites the potatoes. After sticking the potatoes the farmer puts out the manure with a horse and cart. Then it is shaken on the ridges

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. potatoes (~2,701)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Daly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Crumlin, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Michael Daly

   Relation

   Relative (other than parent or grandparent)

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Crumlin, Co. Mayo