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School: Monaghan (Clochar Lughaidh) (roll number 359)

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Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
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Sr Déaglán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0956, Page 358

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    Others plough the ground and when the drills are opened the manure is spread in them. The potatoes are grown mostly in drills but any farmer that has a narrow that the horses cannot turn in it when being ploughed he sets it in ridges. The ridges are set with spades. The farmer digs deep down into the earth. Then he shovels the clay till he gets it like a table.
    Then the manure is spread on top of the ridge and four potatoes are covered with clay again. The ridge is about 1 1/2 ft wide. Spades are used for the ridges and ploughs for the drills. In olden times the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mollie Connolly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullyshelferty, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    James Mc Guirk
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cornacreeve, Co. Monaghan