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School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua (roll number 16654)

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Milltown, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
S.P. Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 471

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    =time sown, they have to be gone through and the weeds removed.
    Then after some time the clay has to be put up to them by means of a plough.
    In the Autumn they are taken out by the plough and handpicked and thrown into a cart.
    Then they are brought in and put into a pit, and covered with bog-sods and straw.
    The Chieftain and Kerrspink are the best potatoes for growing in my district
    Potatoes were used in former times as starch, but I have never heard of its being used now.
    I got this information from my mother.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Clinton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dunbyrne, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Mrs Clinton
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    44
    Address
    Dunbyrne, Co. Kildare