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School: Dromseanbhoth (B.)

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Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
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Seán Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0207, Page 211

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    of a machine which is carried on a man's back. He walks up and down the furrows and pumps out the spray on the stalks. When the stalks are withered white the potatoes are ripe for digging. They are dug out by means of a spade, and pitched on the ridge. After this they are picked up and put into creels, then carried to one end of the field and put into heaps of about a ton in each. This heap is first covered with green rushes and then with clay in order to protect the potatoes from frost. My father uses no plough, he digs all with the loy, which is made thus:-
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    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
    Thomas Francis Whelan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumgorman, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs B. Whelan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumgorman, Co. Leitrim