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School: Áth Eascrach Cuain (roll number 11975/4094)

Location:
Ahascragh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire Nic Annaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0044, Page 0177

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  1. A Potato Crop (continued)

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    The farmers plough their land in the springtime of the year after a few months he tills it for the seed. Then he opens drills with the duble plough. Then he puts manure along the field in heaps he spreads it along the drill and leaves the slit on the drill about a foot apart. If the ground is not very rich the farmer puts shop manure on it then he closes them again. After two or three weeks the potatoes come up and the farmer moulds them. When they are big enough he sprays them to keep the blight away.
    In the autumn they are dug and stored in pits for the long winter months. The arran banners is the best crop that grows around this district. Long ago the people used to use potatoes as starch.
    Mary Kennedy
    age thirteen years
    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 Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Mountain, Co. Galway