School: Fleasgach (roll number 15842)
- Location:
- Flaskagh More, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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- The people plough the land to sow potatoes. They put manure in the ridges, bag manure and yard-manure as it is called. They cut the slits thin and stick them with a spade. There was a man named William Burke, he lived in this district long ago he was a blacksmith and made spades for all the people. The potatoes have to be mold two or three times. When(continues on next page)