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School: Tíréaltan, Maghcromtha (roll number 13286)

Location:
Tír Eiltín, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Dd. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0339, Page 166

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  1. The Potato Crop

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    About one acre of potatoes is planted each year on the farm which my father owns. First of all he prepares the ground on which the seed is to be sown-first of all, manuring and then ploughing it, and transforming it into either drills or ridges. Of recent years most of the farmers in this locality plant the potatoes in French drills, which is nothing more than planting them in every second sod turned by the plough.
    In olden times wooden ploughs were very much in evidence in this district. The potatoes are cut
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila Crowley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ré na Cathrach, Co. Chorcaí
    Informant
    Timothy Crowley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Ré na Cathrach, Co. Chorcaí