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School: Druim an Easbuig

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Drumanespick, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Á. Ní Dhálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 202

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    potatoes grow earlier than others. From July to September potatoes are dug but the digging is never completed until September.
    Potatoes are dug and left in pits for a couple of months. Then they are drawn to the farmyard where they are stored in a house for the winter months. During the winter, they are picked and turned.
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  2. The Potato Crop

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    Some farmers dig their potatoes with a digger; others with a spade and more take them out with a plough. The digger is the speediest: Some couple of farmers join (swop) among each other, this is all work together with one man until he is finished.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Susan Clarke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumanespick, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr John Sheanon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumanespick, Co. Cavan