School: Goirtín
- Location:
- Gorteen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0078, Page 249
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- We sow potatoes on the farm every year. My father prepares the soil for sowing them. There is farmyard manure put on the soil before sowing the potatoes. The slits are spread in three rows along the ridge, then they are covered with clay. The ridges are made by ploughing six scribes together.
- Collector
- John Grady
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- W. Grady
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Ballyglass, Co. Galway
