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School: Loch an Toirc (roll number 9584)

Location:
Loughatorick South, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhuirgheasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0050, Page 0300

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  1. Local Cures (continued)

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  2. The Potato Crop

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    Potatoes are grown on my farm. Some farmers sow an acre and so forth. They prepare the land with a horse and plough. They sow them in both ridges and drills. both plough and spade are used. A plough is used at drills and a spade at ridges. Wooden ploughs were used some years ago. The farmer gets two horses and a plough and ploughs the land.
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