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School: Croisín (Crusheen) (B. & C.)

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Crusheen, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Mac Bruaideadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0593B, Page 19_011

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    11
    There are no timber ploughs in this parish but it is not many years ago since there were a few in it.The handles of the ploughs were made of timber but the sock and colter were made of iron.The potatoes are generally dug in this parish about the month of October,they are dug with spades and sometimes ploughed ,the spades are bought in the shops.
    About twenty five years ago there lived a man named Brady between Crusheen and Tubber ,who made spades for the farmers of Crusheen and the surrounding parishes for they were better than the spades bought in the shops.Many different kinds of potatoes are sown in this parish the names of them are Champions ,Land Leagures ,Irish
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    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
    Seán Ó Scannláin
    Gender
    Male