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   [sketches of digging tools] A. Láidhe. It is used for sticking potatoes and sometimes digging. B. A garden or shop spade. Its uses are much the same as those of the láidhe but it is lighter and is used for lighter work. C. A digging fork used for digging the potatoes The ground is not manured before ploughing for potatoes. It is ploughed in ridges. Six scrapes make a ridge and there is a clais three quarters of [of] a foot wide left between each ridge. Women do the slitting in Spring. Each potato is cut in two or three parts, and each part has at least one eye. A sticking bag is then made for the man, who intends to do the sticking. It is made out of a cwt bag which is doubled up and has straps of the same material attached, so that he can wear it on his back like a school-bag. He makes a hole in the ridge with the láidhe by working it with his right hand and foot. He takes three or four slits out of the

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. potatoes (~2,701)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Annie Morgan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Croaghill, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Thomas Morgan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Croaghill, Co. Galway