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School: Rathwire (B.) (roll number 8415)

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Rathwire, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
C. Ó Gallóglaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 384

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    “The most harmful herbs or weeds are the thistle, nettle, dock, dandelion...”

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    “Most of the potatoes in this district are sown in drills.”

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    Most of the potatoes in this district are sown in drills. In boggy land they are still sown in ridges. All the drill are made with a plough when the potatoes are sown in a field. Ridges are made with a spade. There are a few wooden ploughs still in use in the Derrymore district for the land is boggy. A man named Hughes sows all his crops with a wooden plough drawn by an ass. The spades are bought in the shop. (Illustration) They used to be imported from England but they are now got from Dublin.
    The neighbours help one another. They lend ploughs and harrows. If a farmer has only one horse a neighbouring farmer lends him one to plough. He is expected to do the same.
    The land is ploughed and harrowed and then the drills are raised. The manure is put out in the drills and the seed potatoes are dropped on top of the manure. The drills are then closed. When weeds start to grow the potatoe drills are grubbed. The fresh clay is put to the potatoes
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