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School: Shanagolden (C.) (roll number 4184)

Location:
Seanghualainn, Co. Luimnigh
Teacher:
Úna, Bean Uí Riada
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  1. The Potato Crop

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    We have no farm plot, so we set only a small quantity of potatoes about half a quarter of a statute acre. The are we have under this crop is the same from year to year.
    In our potato plot my father usually prepares the soil for the potato setting by first ploughing the ground deep in Winter so that the frost
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    Michael O Donnell
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