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School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim (roll number 14423)

Location:
Aughrim, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceocháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0366

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    between the drills. Sometimes the slits are cut, and pitted a good while before sowing.
    They are spread about ten inches apart from one another, and are then closed with the plough.
    When they are about three weeks sown, they are moulded, and again when they appear above the clay.
    The next operation with the potatoes is the spraying of them. The potatoes are usually dug with forks and spades, but where there are acres of potatoes to be dug, they are dug with a potato digger or the plough.
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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
    Joe Moclare
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fairfield, Co. Galway