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School: Baile Uí Mhuinghile (roll number 8284)

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Ballymonally, Co. Mayo
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Liam Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0133, Page 632

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    year and lime sometimes. The manure is taken from the dung heap and scattered on the land with a grape. Some of the slits are put in drills and more of them are put in ridges. There are no wooden ploughs in the place now. The farmers buy their ploughs. Most of the neighbours help each other.
    The people spray the potatoes twice or three times. The clay is put with a shovel on the drills or on ridges. The potatoes are dug with a spade and then they are picked and put into a pit. The big potatoes into a pit for them selves and the póitíní are put into another one. The people leave them in the pits for a while.
    There are many kinds of potatoes in the place. Their
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Mháille
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bellacorick, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Séamus Ó Mháille
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    86
    Address
    Bellacorick, Co. Mayo