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School: Teampall Mhuire

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Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 164

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  1. The Putting Down the  Potatoes

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    Long ago the people dug their lands with their spades, and after that they used to brake it. When they had that done they marked it into ridges. When they started putting down the potatoes. Some people tied bags on their shoulders to carry the slits.
    Then they had a stick painted at the end, and about one foot up from the point, they had a bit of iron driven into the stick to form a step to leave their foot upon. To bring pressure up on the stick to drive it into the ground to make the hole. The person that was working it, used to drop a slit into the hole from his bag and then drew clay over that again. This stick
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Rogers
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathbaun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Rogers
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathbaun, Co. Mayo