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School: Ceann Tuirc (B.) (roll number 14052)

Location:
Kanturk, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Liam Ó Caoimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0354, Page 111

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    In my farm, which is situated in Paal West, Kanturk, Co. Cork, there are about three acres of land under potatoes each year. In the spring-time my father prepares the ground by ploughing. Then he harrows it and he opens drills with a drill-plough. He puts manure on the drills, and then the potatoes are put in between the drills. Then the drills are closed.
    After about two months when the stalks of the potatoes are high over the ground, my father mixes blue-stone and washing soda in a twenty
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edward Thornton
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Nora Thornton
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Paal West, Co. Cork