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School: Ferbane (Convent)

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Ferbane, Co. Offaly
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Sr Patrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0814, Page 047

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    toes about twelve inches apart. Then the men cover the seed with the manure, after that the seed gets a light dressing of artificial manure, then the drills are closed.
    They remain for about a month and then they are moulded and in the course of six or eight weeks they get the final grubbing and moulding.
    Later on they are sprayed with blue - stone and washing soda and about two weeks later they get a light spraying again.
    In October the potato digger is got and the potatoes are dug out and picked up into carts, and taken home where pits are made in which the potatoes are carefully put. Then they are tightened and covered with
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Egan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolnahinch, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Edward Egan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolnahinch, Co. Offaly