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School: Glascorn (roll number 16615)

Location:
Glascarn, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Mrs Hope
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 195

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    are left till all the other types are used up.
    The seed potatoes are usually about the size of an egg. If they are any bigger each one must be cut in halves. These halves are called "sgailps" and an eye or two is needed in each "sgailp."
    Planting the Crop.
    In our district the potatoes are sown in ridges. The land is ploughed and turned during the Winter. The ridges which are about a yard wide are made with a plough. Five or six "scribes" make a ridge. (A scribe is the strip of clay turned up by the plough.) A furrow is left between every two ridges. Manure is then spread on the ridges and lime is shaken on the seed to keep the slugs from eating the potatoes when they are sown. After a week or so the potatoes are dropped on top of the manure. A space of a foot is left between one sgailp and another. When one ridge is complete
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Whelan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Shanonagh, Co. Westmeath