School: Clara (2)
- Location:
- Clóirtheach, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Thomáis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0807, Page 228
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- There are potatoes grown on our farm. There are about three acres under potatoes each year. It varies every year. The workman prepares the ground. Sometimes the manure is sloughed in before the land is turned up. The potatoes are sown in ridges in the garden. Most risked are made by the drilling plough. Wooden ploughs were used before the iron ploughs. Tommy Fletcher has a wooden plough; he lives in Ballycumber. There are some of them left. The spade is bought, they are not made at home We help the Minnocks by spreading our potatoes. We raise the potatoes in the autumn. My Father and Tommy and the workman and I pick the potatoes. The work-man ploughs them out with a plough and two horses. We pick(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Francis Griffith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cluain Sionnach, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
