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School: Whitecastle (roll number 10231)

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Whitecastle, Co. Donegal
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George Mc Cahey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1116, Page 264

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  1. How we Cultivate Potatoes

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    When we are making a field ready for potatoes we plough it first. It is ploughed about a week when we Harrow it, we grub it till it is fine. When it is fine enough it is then made into drills.
    The men cart the manure to the field. It is spread in the drills. When it is spread other people cut a lot of potatoes which are called sets. The people drop the se sets in the bottom of the drills. Then they are covered with a plough. When they are set about two weeks we saddle harrow them. We have a lot of work to do to keep he drills fine.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sadie Burnet
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drung, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Burnett
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    94
    Address
    Drung, Co. Donegal