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School: Loch an Toirc (roll number 9584)

Location:
Loughatorick South, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhuirgheasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0050, Page 0307

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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  2. The Potato Crop

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    The potatoe crop continued.
    Patoes are grown on my farm abut two acres under potatoes.
    My father prepare the ground. He ploughs the land with two horses and a plough and make ridges or drills.
    The woman of the house cuts the potatoes into 3 or 4 pieces and leaves a few eyes in every seed and they wemen spread the seeds. And the men shake phosphate and yard minure and dig the dike and throw in on them.
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