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School: Cnoc, Abbeyleix (roll number 2324)

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Knockardagur, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Seán Ó Huallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0831, Page 139

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  2. The Potato Crop

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    The potatoes are generally sown in stubble ground and the amount of potatoes sown by us vary from half an acre to an acre.
    The ground is ploughed in Autumn or early Spring. It is cultivated and drills opened before the potatoes are sown. Some people sprout the potatoes in boxes and others cut them in two and sow them.
    Small farmers do the work themselves whilst large farmers employ people to plant them.
    The potato crop has to be kept grubbed and moulded and the weeds taken away during the Summer.
    Potatoes are dug out in the month of October. Some people dig them with spades
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Boleybeg, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mr W. Delaney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Boleybeg, Co. Laois