School: Coill an Gharráin (roll number 14865)

Location:
Killacorraun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Riagáin
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  1. The Potato Crop.
    Potatoes are grown on our farm. We sow about two acres of potatoes, sometimes we sow more than other times. My Father digs the ground and my brothers pitch the potatoes to him. Nobody around here manures the land before turning it up. They are mostly sown in ridges. In order to make ridges the land is first marked about a yard or over wide. (Then they) It is marked with a rope and spade. Then the manure is scattered on the ridge and the splits are planted on it. Then the shough is dug up and broken up fine. It is shoveled in on top of the splits then. They always buy their own spades and shovels. Long ago the people used serape the potatoes and they would leave the water to rest. when it is a while there they would seem off the water and the stareh would be
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Padden
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryhillagh, Co. Mayo