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School: Tulach Ruacháin

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Tulrohaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál de Bhaldraithe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 660

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    in front. In this bad the slits are carried. There is a hole in the ridge in three place's and in each hole there is a slit put in. The people long ago sowed the potatoes in bog so that it would grow better seed the year after that. The piece of the potatoe that is no good is called the scíolláin.
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    The wooden plough was the same as the iron plough but but it had wooden handles and the iron plough had not. Long ago the people turned six sods to make a ridge. They turned six sods
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anthony Heneghan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Feamore, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Heneghan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Feamore, Co. Mayo