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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0803, Page 137

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    No one every mowed as much before or since.
    Ballycommon, Daingean.
    Pat Mangan is and was the best turf cutter in the district. He used to cut one perch and a half and sometimes two in the day.
    One day Tom Brazel and my father went out to pick potatoes about eight o'clock in the morning. They picked potatoes until five or half five and they picked ten drills between them. The drills were forty perches long and they were turned up with a plough as well so they had to scratch the clay to find all the potatoes.
    Collected by Brigid Egan (13) from Thomas Egan (father) (68) Ballycommon, Daingean, Offaly.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Egan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballycommon, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Thomas Egan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Ballycommon, Co. Offaly