School: Carrickallen
- Location:
- Carrickallen, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: A. Lynch
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- (continued from previous page)which are put in ridges and planted in lea ground.
The ridges are marked with a plough this means that scores are turned up about 5 1/2 apart
The furrows are then "cut" as it is commonly called
This means that each (ridge) furrow is ploughed two or three times to raise sufficient clay to cover the potatoes.
Then the manure is put out on the ridges
The potatoes are then droped on the manure
The manure and potatoes are then covered with the clay which was(continues on next page)- Collector
- Philip O' Donoghue
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mountain Lodge, Co. Cavan