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School: Corlea

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Corlea, Co. Cavan
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T. Ó Mearáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1009, Page 065

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1009, Page 065

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    with a plough. Wooden ploughs were used about thirty years ago. There are none left.
    The local people help each other in sowing the potatoes. The potatoes have to be sprayed three times in the year to keep away the blight. The farmer ploughs the potatoes from the earth. The potatoes are stored in pits. The names of the various potatoes are Banners, Kerr-pinks Queens, Champions and epicures. The way to make a potato ridge is to plough three scores up, and three scores down and leave a hintern the length of the ridge each side. Then the ridge is harrowed and the manure is spread and the potatoes are dropped. Then
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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
    Brigid Finegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corlea, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Patrick Finegan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Corlea, Co. Cavan