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School: An Clochán (roll number 7777)

Location:
Cloghans Hill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Liam Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0105, Page 110

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    Potatoes are sown every year by the farmers. The ground is ploughed first. It is next harrowed. Some people plough secondly. Then they turn it into drills. They turn out manure with horses and carts. In olden the people turned it out with donkeys and baskets. They spread it out on the drills with forks They next spread the slits on the drills.
    The people close the drills with a shovel and sometimes they are closed by the plough. The people make ridges in lea land. When the potatoes are sowing they shake guano in the drills. When they are growing they till them
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    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
    Bridie Dunleavy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tawnagh, Co. Mayo