School: Achadh na Garron (Aughnagarron) (roll number 5603)
- Location:
- Aghnagarron, Co. Longford
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 310
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- (continued from previous page)whole ridge or ridges are planted.
He then digs the mould and cover's the potatoes with the earth or sets the ridges as it is called.
Written by Anna Smyth, Aughnagarron, Granard.
- The farmers help one another in this way.
It may happen that one farmer may have only one horse and his neighbour may have one horse also then they join or core as it is called that is one man will lend his horse to the other man to do his ploughing and when he has his ploughing done he would go to the other man to do his ploughing.
In Summer months the farmer has to take care of his crop he has to weed them and spray them.
The weeding is generally done by the farmers children.
The weeding is done for to take the weeds from among the potato-stalks because the weeds would choke the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Patrick Mc Cormack
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cullaboy Lower, Co. Cavan
