School: Tyrrellspass (2) (roll number 13743)
- Location:
- Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs Payne
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- (continued from previous page)only cost 18/- per ton then.Mr Ussher was the last clergyman to preach in Clonfad and the first to preach in the new church.Jane Payne was the sexton of the church and she only got five pound per year. Mrs Boyd Rochford presented a big Bible for our present Mr Lewis to read out of on the lectern.Matilda Fair Age 12
Belvedere Orphanage
Tyrrells Pass
29th.11.1938
- The last work or nearly the last in the Autumn is the digging of the potatoes. Nearly all the wise farmers dig out their potatoes in the last week of October, if they did not do so the frost would get to the top ones. The potatoes that are sown early in Spring should be ready for digging out in September.
Potatoes should not be dug out unless they are ripe. Dry weather is best for that purpose.
When potatoes are dug out they should be all put in a pit, and covered well with straw first and then with bog scraws. The(continues on next page) - Collector
- Matilda Fair
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath
