School: Ballycastle Boys' (roll number 14290)
- Location:
- Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mícheál de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0140, Page 115
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - We sow about one acre of land under potatoes each year at home. About the same amount is sown every year. The farmer prepares the land every year for sowing his crops. The people sometimes manure the land before sowing the seed.
Some farmers make drills and more make ridges.
The ridges are made about three feet wide with a drain between every two. The drills are about one foot wide. The farmer manures the potatoes in the(continues on next page)
