School: Sruth Nua
- Location:
- Ardnacally, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás de Brún
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We sow potatoes very year They are sown in drills. Yard manure and shop manure is put after the drills are put made. After the manure is out the slits are spread and the drill closed.
All the work is done by a plough
Wooden ploughs were used here long ago. The smiths used to make the spades used
The people cut the seed a while before they used them. They would be better cut a while before sowing
Long ago the potatoes in ridges. They used to shut the potatoes with a "faireac". This was a thick piece of wood with(continues on next page)- Collector
- John Joe Coen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Robeen, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Kate Coen
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Robeen, Co. Mayo