School: Mercy Convent, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)
- Location:
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. M. Clement
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- We sow a rood of potatoes in our farm and the names of the potatoes we sow are Black-Champions, Kerr's-Pinks and Epicures. The early ones we sow are Epicures, and the late ones are Black-Champions and Kerr's-Pinks. We sow the potatoes, both in drills and ridges, but we sow the most of them in drills because drills are easier kept clean. We dig the garden with a spade and this is the drawing of a spade.
The way we cut the potatoes is, from the top to the end and if it is a big potato we cut it in three parts. It is Daddy that drops the potatoes and he puts manure(continues on next page)
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- Peggie Nally
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
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- Nally
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- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Nally
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
