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School: Adamstown (roll number 3755)

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Adamstown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
D. Curtis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0900, Page 074

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  1. Farm-Yard Implements (continued)

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    A shovel is an instrument much like a spade only bigger.
    It is used for shovelling stones or clay into a car or from one place to another.
    The handle is about five feet long, and it is generally made of ash.
    The blade is made of steel and it is about nine inches wide and a foot long.
    There is a hollow in the middle of the blade of the shovel.
    A Pike :
    A pike is an instrument which is very useful especially during the harvest-time.
    It is used for making up hay into cocks or for pitching sheaves up on
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English