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1. The Potato Crop

   

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   We generally sow two acres of potatoes. We plough and cross plough it and we harrow it down. The drills are made and we cart out the manure and spread it in the drills. We put artificial manure over this. We plants the potatoes a foot apart. This done we get our horses and double mould board plough and mould them up. That finishes the sowing of the potatoes.

   

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2. The Potato Crop

   

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   Some people sow two acres, more sow one and a half acres. The farmers now till with iron ploughs. There were wooden ploughs but there is none of them now. The manure is not put on the land until the drills are made. The potatoes are always sown in drills which are made with a double mould-board plough. When sowing potatoes you pick the small ones or split the big potatoes for seed. Most farmers help one another when sowing potatoes.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. potatoes (~2,701)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ellie Murphy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Dranagh, Co. Carlow

3. Care of Farm Animals

   

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   When a horn falls off a cow it is put up in a hole in the cowhouse for luck. There are four drops of milk milked on the ground for luck.

   

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