School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)

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1. Holy Wells (continued)

   

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   bathed her eyes in this well and she was cured of that disease. There are hair-clips and buttons and money left as relics. Beside the well there is a stick and on it there is a cup for the people to get a drink. Around the well there is a little wall where the people kneel down to say their prayers.

   

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2. Potato Planting

   

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   Potatoes are the staple crop of the people and they are planted in many different ways. In this district the land is usually ploughed into drills. The manure is carted out on the land and when the drills are opened the manure is spread in the drills and the potatoes are

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. potatoes (~2,701)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mona Montgomery

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Streamstown, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Patrick Scott

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   78

   Address

   Streamstown, Co. Westmeath