School: Loch an Toirc (roll number 9584)
- Location:
- Loughatorick South, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhuirgheasa
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- Potatoes are sown in our district about an acer of land is sown under potatoes my father prepares the ground. He limes the ground first. The potatoes are sown in ridges the way to make ridges is to leave a space betweet them called the dyke first he limes the ground and then he spread the seed and manure and covers them with clay and after three week the stalks comes up and after three months he spays them with blue stone and after a few months we dig them and the children pick them and puts them into a pit in the garden.
- Collector
- Lena O' Donnell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Loughatorick North, Co. Galway
