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School: Knockjames

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0590C, Page 04_004

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    How the potatoes are sown first the land is ploughed two or three times.Then it is harrowed and drills opened them .Farm yard manure and artificial manure is spread on the drills.Then the potatoes are cut and a sprout left on each piece.These pieces are called sghillans .These are spread on the furrows sometimes they are sown with a plough and more times with a spade.In olden times they the people used to work with timber
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Halpin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Halpin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockjames, Co. Clare