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School: Sruth Nua

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Ardnacally, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás de Brún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0104, Page 370

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    Potatoes
    We sow potatoes every year.
    My father that plants them. We sow potatoes in drills and in ridges also.
    The ridges are sowed with the spade and the drills are sown with a plough
    There were wooden ploughs a century ago
    The spades were made by black-smiths
    ut they are not used made now by blacksmiths.
    The slits are cut about a fortnight before they are sowed and every slit must have a bud.
    The are put in pits when slitted.
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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
    Micheal Prenty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Curry (Kirwan), Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Micheal Prenty
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Curry (Kirwan), Co. Mayo