School: Cluain Fhada (C.) (roll number 15558)

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1. The Potato Crop

   

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   Long ago the people used to use wooden ploughs which were made by cartpenters. Certain parts of the plough were made of iron for instance the soc, coulter, and mould board were made from iron. Michael Hunt was the last man in Gurteen who had a wooden plough. There isn't any part of it left now as it rotted away. It was the same make of a plough as the iron one.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. potatoes (~2,701)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Teresa Noone

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gorteenacammadil, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Mr Redmond Fleming

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   78

   Address

   Gorteenacammadil, Co. Roscommon

2. The Potato Crop

   

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   In the case of early potatoes the slits are put into a dark corner and the buds are let grow on them. Then they are carried out carefully on a board to the field and they are sown.
   Starch used to be made long ago from potatoes by scraping them and putting them into a boal of water and the starch

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