Narrow-bladed spade used by poor to dig drainage channels between ridges on which potatoes were planted at Irish National Famine Museum. Vesnoy, Ireland.

Narrow-bladed spade (loy or laige) used by poor to dig drainage channels between ridges on which potatoes were planted at Irish National Famine Museum. Vesnoy, Ireland.

Narrow-bladed spade (loy or laige) used by poor to dig drainage channels between ridges on which potatoes were planted at Irish National Famine Museum. Vesnoy, Ireland.
Photo by Jim Steinhart © 2019, all rights reserved. (Ref: IENSK225)

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