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School: Adoon (roll number 11152)

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Áth an Dúin, Co. Liatroma
Teacher:
Charles Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0222, Page 338

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    portions with an eye in each portion before sowing. Then they are sown with a "scíbíns" (a pointed stick about four feet long with a pin within four inches of the end).
    Wooden ploughs were used in former times and there are some of them to be seen through-out the country to this day.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí eacnamaíocha
        1. talmhaíocht (~2,659)
          1. prátaí (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martha Bohan
    Gender
    Female
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    Áth an Dúin, Co. Liatroma