School: An Gleann (roll number 14113)

Location:
Glen, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0179, Page 288

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    ridge and the seed is put into it. They are set with three holes in each row. Then the holes are closed with a mallet. When this is all done and before the stalks appear Guana is shook on them and they are moulded with the clay out of the furrow. That is the last thing done with the potato crop until they are sprayed in the month of June.
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  2. In my district there are a lot of roads the most important of which is the main road from Sligo to Ballyfarnon. It is called the Sligo road because it leads to Sligo. The Colliery road joins the Sligo roads and the Arigna coal mines. It is called the Colliery road because it leads to the mines. The rock road joins the
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Enda Horan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drummacool, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Keon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Drummacool, Co. Sligo