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School: Clonahard, Longford (roll number 14281)

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Cloonahard, Co. Longford
Teachers:
Mrs Vaughan Miss Ellis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0768, Page 154

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  1. Folklore (continued)

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  2. The Potato Crop

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    My father sows about a quarter of an acre of potatoe land along the railway line. Before the seed is sown the ground has to be got ready. My father does not use a plough he used a spade. He digs out the ground in the form of a ridge on which he spreads the manure and then he drops the potatoes and covers them after with clay.
    The splits in a certain way and this is the way that the are
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