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School: Bog-fhód (Buckode) (roll number 3736)

Location:
Buckode, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Muiris Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0191, Page 060

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  1. The Potato Crop

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    Potatoes are grown for the "table" in every little farm in this district. We sow about half an acre annually and this is how we do it.
    First we score the field with a spade making each ridge about eighteen inches in breadth. This work is done in the end of February or early in March. The scored ridge is left there untouched until the middle of April and then the grass in the inverted sod has almost decayed. Now if the land
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Gowan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aghaderrard West, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Daniel Mc Gowan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gorteendarragh, Co. Leitrim