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School: Tulach Ruacháin

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Tulrohaun, Co. Mayo
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Mícheál de Bhaldraithe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 658

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    Long ago the people had different methods for sowing potatoes to the people have now. The people ploughed the land with a wooden plough. The wooden ploughs were made of ash. Martin Flaterty from Culnacleha made wooden ploughs. The people long ago made the ridges with spades. Long ago the people dug a sod and they called the sod Foidin to mark the ridge. The people long ago worked a blacksmith's spade. The fack was made of iron and the broiugin was made of wood. The broigin was joined to the fack. next the dikes were dug and they
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Caulfield
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Culnacleha, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Caulfield
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Culnacleha, Co. Mayo