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School: Ballyrahan, Tinahely

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Ballyraheen, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Mheachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0922, Page 145

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    dry them up.
    The way that the potatoes are treated in the Summer is by taking the weeds out of them so that they will not put a taste on the potatoes. When the weeding is over, a man with a horse and a plough for moulding comes along and moulds them. When that is done they are sprayed with a sprayer and a horse drawing it. Another way of spraying them is by going through the potatoes drills with a bucket of spray and shaking it on them with a little brush.
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  2. The Potato Crop

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    The potato is sown on our farm at home. There is half an acre under potatoes each year. The potatoes are sown in drills. The drills are made with a plough. The spades are not made locally, they are bought in shops. Before the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Keogh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyraheen, Co. Wicklow