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School: Clochar Lughaidh, Coillte Mághach

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 215

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    sometimes they are sprayed three times.
    Wooden ploughs were used long ago, but they are never used now. The spades that were used locally were made by the blacksmith and all turning of the ground was sometimes done with the spade, especially in poor places.
    Long ago the people gathered together and did one farmers work in one day and another's the next day, and this gathering was called a "meitheal" but this custom is fast dying out in the neighbourhood.
    In this district, the potatoes are dug with the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cella Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Treanfohanaun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Miss Corcoran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinaff, Co. Mayo