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School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

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Gortaveha, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 15_015

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    Two men would go out in the garden and dig a piece of land then they would get am ass and dungbaskets and put out the manure.Then they would spread it and open the drills with spaides .Some perhaps had a horse and a plough.
    How they used to harrow was was who had horse made harrows of timber.
    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
    Séamus Ó Bríain
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    James Colleen
    Gender
    Male