School: Urlingford (B.)
- Location:
- Urlingford, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Seán Mac Coitir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0869, Page 270
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- (continued from previous page)digging and the picking of the crop. My uncle takes the good potatoes and places them in a pit, and the black and small ones are put in a loft.
The varieties grown in this district are the "Champion" "Kerrspink" "Epicure" "Hibernian" "Flounders" and Irish and British Queens. There is a large percentage of starch in the Champion. There are two varieties of plough, the wooden plough and iron plough. The wooden one is practically unknown in this district, but is still used in mountainy and moory land.
