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School: Swords (B.) (roll number 755)

Location:
Swords, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
A. Hamill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0788, Page 148

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  1. The Potato Crop

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    The Potato crop
    We have no land therefore we grow no potatoes.
    I know that when the ground is prepared and made into drills it is manured. It is very seldom potatoes are sown in ridges but in drill. A plough is used when the land is tilled once or twice before but the first time it is dug with a spade.
    A spade is not made in these parts but is bought in shops. The farmers leaves a few feet between every drill.
    Potatoes are set about a foot apart. When the stalk comes up about a foot over the drills then more clay is put on them.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Matthew Green
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Pupil
    Address
    Swords, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Joseph O Keeffe
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Swords, Co. Dublin