School: Garracloon (roll number 6852)

Location:
Garrycloonagh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
James J. Clarke
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  1. My father grows about three Irish acres of potatoes every year. He sets them in land on which corn grew the previous year. Such land is called “stubbles”. He ploughs the land before Christmas and leaves it so during the Winter.
    When April comes he harrows and opens drills with the plough. He carts dung out of the yard and throws it in little heaps in the furrows between the drills. Then he spreads the dung in the furrows with a fork. When he has the drills ready he brings the splits out to the field and puts us planting. When we have nearly all the splits planted
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Keane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crannagh, Co. Mayo