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School: Cora Caitlín (B.)

Location:
Newmarket on Fergus, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Mac Conmara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0599, Page 120

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    The first thing the farmer does when he is going to sow the potatoes is to get an apron and fill it with scillauns. Then he walks backwards along the drills and he puts each scillane about a foot apart. Then when he has them all down on the drills he covers them over with earth.
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  2. Potatoes

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    Potatoes are our chief food. The way sow them is, First you plough the land and harrow it to make the soil soft. You then make the drills with a plough. You then put lime in the drills to kill the insects. You then put manure in the drills. Then you get an apron and fill it with sgillanes. Then you
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pádraig Mac an Ultaig
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Latoon South, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mr C. Mc Nulty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Latoon South, Co. Clare