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School: Cill Ruis Íochtair (roll number 4106)

Location:
Kilrusheighter, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Toirdhealbhach Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0168, Page 223

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    We sprout the potatoes in boxes before we sow them and have them in the boxes for a couple of weeks. Then we take them out and make three or four splits of the big ones if there are buds on them but if there are only two buds on them we can only make two splits out of them. We plant them on the ridges or on the drills and another man will put them into the holes and cover them with clay.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Marley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corkagh More, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Jack Gilligan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Corkagh More, Co. Sligo