School: Clonmellon (B.) (roll number 9500)
- Location:
- Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Droighneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 127
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - We sow a half an acre of potatoes every year. The amount never changes. My father prepares the land for the crops. The ground is not manured before turning up. They are made in drills. The ground is ploughed. Then they put manure on it. Then they put potatoes on the manure and they put the sod back again. The people use ploughs are use bought spades. My father digs and picks the potatoes himself. He picks them with his hand's and he puts them into bags. Then he makes a hole and he puts the potatoes into it. Then he puts clay round them.
- Many hands make light work
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