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School: Tattenclave

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Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
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Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 290

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    seed on the manure and then you make a farrow on each side of the ridge and cover the seed with clay. Then you have a ridge made.
    The seed potatoes are called sets. They are called this because when the potato is cut it is set down on the manure.
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    Some people help each other in sowing potatoes. They helped each other very much long ago. Three or four men used to join and take one field between them. One would help the other until that man was finished and then the man that
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Smyth
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Liscumasky, Co. Monaghan