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School: Lattoon

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Lattoon, Co. Cavan
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P. Ó Hiorraí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1002, Page 015

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    people sow them in drills. First of all the ground is ploughed. If it is for ridges it is springtoothed and then the ridges are marked. Every ridge is about a yard wide. For the drills the ground is ploughed, harrowed and cross-ploughed. Both a plough and a spade are used. The spades are bought in a shop.
    The potatoes are stored in a barn and before they are set they are cut. A potato is taken and it is cut in two or more parts. If there is not an eye left in every part it will not grow. An eye is a growing sprout from which the plant grows.
    The people help each other in setting the potatoes. They help each other in dropping, in setting and in cutting furrows.
    They are moulded, sprayed and wed during the summer months. When the leaves of the potato begin to
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Mc Intyre
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lismeen, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Eddie Mc Intyre
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lismeen, Co. Cavan