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School: Drom na Gráinsighe (roll number 13280)

Location:
Drumnagranshy, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Mac Giolla Luaithrinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0186, Page 210

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    drilled.
    Ploughs are commonly used now but in some places the spade is used. The spades are not made locally but they are made in shops.
    The people help one another in sewing the seed, by giving them seed or by lending their horses or by helping them to sow the seed.
    First of all when the potatoes are sown they are manured and the furrows are dug and the mould is put up. That is called setting. The furrows are again dug and the second mould is put up. When the stalks are high enough, they are sprayed to keep away the blight.
    In the middle of October the potatoes are dug
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Lavin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumnagranshy, Co. Sligo