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School: Camross, Mountrath

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Camross, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 368

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  1. Work According to the Month on a Leix Farm (continued)

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    April:
    Main crop of Potatoes. Varley and Oats sown by machinery.
    Kerr’s Pink, Skerries, Champions (varieties of Potatoes)
    May:
    The bog: On my own land
    (1) Skin one spit of surface, cut with sleán, Spread it out of the barrow heaps, and rear it good sized heaps. Draws it home out of the heaps. Stacks it outside at home.
    Mangoes sown. Turnips sown.
    June:
    Thinning beet, mangels, turnips.
    Cutting new hay.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Breen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rossnadough, Co. Laois