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School: An Grianán (Mount Temple) B.

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Mount Temple, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
S. Ó Riain
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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    When he is sowing potatoes in ridges he marks the land each ridge three and a half feet wide. Then he skins the land and turns the grass downwards in order to make manure. Then he spreads the manure and the seed potatoes, and shovels the clay in the furrows up on the ridges.
    The plough is sometimes used in sowing lea potatoes. The farmer turns about four scrapes in together to form a ridge. Between each two fours there is a furrow.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Magheramore, Co. Westmeath