School: Ballinacarrow (roll number 13277)
- Location:
- Ballynacarrow, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Duibheannaigh
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- In my district potatoes are grown extensively, in fact they are the main crop of the smaller-class farmer. My father sows about an acre and a half every year. The names of the different kinds he sows are as follows :- Epicures, Irish Queens, British Queens, Kerr's Pink, Northern Champions, Arran Banners, American Roses, Jenny Deans, and Duke of Yorks.
Long ago the people used to use
wooden-ploughs. They were shaped like an ordinary plough only the wooden one had two "loys" and a wooden handle. The farmers who couldn't afford to buy a plough used a spade. The following is a(continues on next page)- Collector
- Dorothy Hall
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Templehouse, Co. Sligo