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School: An Clochán (roll number 7777)

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Cloghans Hill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Liam Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0105, Page 108

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    Potatoes are the principal crop of this district. When the season of Spring comes, the farmers cultivate the ground by ploughing, harrowing, rolling, drilling and spreading manure.
    They then put down the potatoes or slits. Next they spread guano over the slits, and close the drills with a double plough. When they come up above the clay they are mould. After a few weeks more they are sprayed to protect them from the blight. Spraying is done four or five times a year. The Farmers dig the potatoes in October. They dig them with spades. When they are dug they are put into pits. They are then covered with straw and scraws and plastered with clay. They are
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    M. D. Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curramore, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Reilly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Curramore, Co. Mayo