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School: Cill Iubhair (roll number 10095)

Location:
Killure Beg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Ceithearnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0070

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    about nine inches apart. When the slits are spread the drills are closed again. The clay is put on the stalks when they break through the clay.
    In Summer they are wed and then they are moulded. After that they are sprayed. Then they are dug and put into a pit. They are covered with hay and straw. When Spring comes they bring them into the haggard and cover them with sods. When they start growing in the pit they turn them.
    Mary Grady. Told to me by my father, John Grady.
    Kilclooney, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
    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
    Mary Grady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcloony, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Grady
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcloony, Co. Galway