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School: An Drom Clochach (B.)

Location:
Dromclogh, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Pártholán Ó Ruadhacháin
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    sown in drills are dug by a potato digger and those that are sown in ridges are dug with ploughs or with a spade. When the farmer is digging the potatoes he gets help from the neighbours who are called a "meitheal" and they pick the potatoes.
    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
    Robert Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mountcoal, Co. Kerry