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School: Leggah, Moyne (roll number 14328)

Location:
Leggagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Francis Gallagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0760, Page 511

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    When he had the digging finished he started to put in the seed.
    He got a round stick and bored a hole in it about six inches from the point. He put either a wooden peg or an iron one into the hole.
    By putting his foot on this peg he was able to drive the stick down through the sods and thus made a round hole. Into the hole he dropped a seed potato and continued in this way until he had the seed put into the ground.
    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
    Tom Conefrey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corglass, Co. Longford
    Informant
    John Joe Conefrey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corglass, Co. Longford