School: Shinrone (B.)

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1. The Potato Crop

   

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   Potatoes are grown on our farm. We sow about two acres each year and this amount never vary. My father prepares the ground. The ground is manured in no way before turned up. They are sown in drills. A plough is used to make the drills. Wooden ploughs were used long ago. There are none left now. The spades are bought in a shop. The people help each other when sowing. They are stored in pits. The potatoes that grow best are "uptodates" and "skerries" and "aranbanners".

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Martin Greene

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Curralanty, Co. Offaly

2. Once More

   

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   Since first I left my native hills
   In years' tis nigh too score
   And twice again I've seen the rocks
   That gird old Kerry's shore

   With tears my aching eyes are dim
   And oft I breathe a prayer
   That I may see before I die

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