School: Páirc na nDriseóg (roll number 14294)

Location:
Brierfield, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Conaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0083, Page 115

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0083, Page 115

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  1. When people are going sowing potatoes. They plough the land if it is in drills they are sowing them. If it is lea land they turn the foideen that is to mark the ridge. In drills they plough it harrow it and then they make the drills with a double plough. They put farmyard manure in the drills with a cart. They spread it with four prong forks. They spread the gew anny. Then they spread the slits. Some a foot apart and other ten inches
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cooloorta, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Margaret Fahy
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75