Sowing Potatoes Long Ago

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Long ago the people used to sow their potatoes on ridges. In thoes days there were no ploughs. They did not sow much potatoes at all. Early in the year the people went to the bog and brought home loads of turfmold. They mixed the turfmold with what ever little stable manure they had. In Spring they made the ridges and spread the manure on them. They covered the manure with clay. A man made holes in the ridge with a stick. A boy comes after him with slits. He puts a slit into each hole. In the evening a man comes along with a

Sowing Potatoes Long Ago  [duchas:4621276]

spade and covered the slits. They had another way for sowing the potatoes. A man had a bag on his back made like a boys school-bag. He had the bag filled slits He made a hole on the ridge with a spade. He dropped a slit at the back of the spade. He pulled up the spade and the clay fell down on the slit.