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School: Twomilehouse (roll number 2284)

Location:
Twomilehouse, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Tomás Bineidh
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    a row and some people call seven drills a row.
    The manure is spread and the potatoes sown. To cover them in, a man with horse and a plough walks along the top of the drill. The plough cuts the drill and the clay falls down and covers the potatoes.
    After about three weeks they are harrowed with a dull harrow and the bottom of the drills are cleaned with a grubber and then they are moulded with a double mould board plough. When they
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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
    Peter Cooley
    Gender
    Male