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School: Boicetown, Dunleer (roll number 843)

Location:
Boycetown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
J. Higgins
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    plenty of mould in the alleys. He then gathers the weeds in heaps if they are plentiful he carries them to the headline. If they aren't plenty he leaves them to decay. Then the drills are hand-wed. The double mould board plough is run up the drills to pack the mould against the drills.
    They are left in that condistion for about a month then they are grubbed and wed again. The drills are then closed up again. It is only then that the after cultivation of the potatoes is finished.
    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
    John Shevlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunany, Co. Louth