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School: An Chlais Mhór, Eóchaill (roll number 2889)

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Clashmore, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Liam Suipéal
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    Long ago ridges were made with a plough. There were usually five sods ploughed together to form a ridge with a furrow on each side. The sods were broken with a tool called a 'hack' to level the ground. The person planting the potatoes had a bag on his shoulder with the seed potatoes in it. He then made a hole in the earth with a spade and threw a seed-potato into it. When all the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
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