School: Tappa (roll number 10451)

Location:
Tetoppa, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
S. Ó Reachtaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0953, Page 029

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0953, Page 029

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    forty acres he would put about twenty acres under crop. He plougs, harrows grubs, cultivated and opens the drills Most of the farmers round our district ploughs the manure down Which leaves very little trouble when they are putting in the potatoes. Their are lots of kinds of potatoes Such as:- Cares-pinks, queens, ann-banners. Long white ones Champions black-jacks. Epicures, which are known as the early potatoes. They are the first put in and the first dug. Aran Councellors is another potatoe. Queens are the best potatoes for eating.
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