School: An Gleann (roll number 14113)

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1. The Potato Crop (continued)

   

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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. Local Roads

   

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   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