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School: Seefin (B. & C.) (roll number 12874)

Location:
Seefin, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
James P. Byrne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096G, Page 06_027

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    The shop. The old women cut the slits in the spring. There has to be two eyes in each slit. There is two slits in each potato. The (old) people help each other with the potatoes. The potatoes are sown in spring. When the little stalks come up over the clay the farmer moulds them. Then he re-moulds them in May. When the stalks get big they are sprayed. The farmer gets a barrel of water then he puts a stick
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Hughes
    Gender
    Female