School: Imleach Neachtain (roll number 11983)
- Location:
- Emlaghnaghtan, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Casaide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0378
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- We never plough our own land but we have Conacre in John Tinn's field. This land is manured before it iit ploughed and then we sow the potatoes in ridges. We plough the land into four scrapes ridges. The farmer in this district uses the iron plough
There is no wooden plough used in this country atal
The spades are bought in shops mostly and the only work that is done with them now is the digging of the potatoes. Some of the local people help one another in sowing the potatoes. One man would go o another man helping him sticking and the other man would pay him back the compliment.
First they put Guana on the potatoes and then the farmer mould(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Mc Avoy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cartron (Phibbs), Co. Sligo
