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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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    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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    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
    Mary F. Molloy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Loughatorick North, Co. Galway