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School: St Brigid's Convent, Goresbridge (roll number 15695)

Location:
Goresbridge, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sr. Aibhistín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0862, Page 008

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    for the sowing of potatoes and the people who sow them in gardens or small plots use the spade.
    The different kinds of potatoes are Champions, Skerry Blue, Flounders, Aran Banners, Presedents, White Rock, Scotch Down, British Queens, Irish Queens, Shamrogues, American Rose and one of the earliest is the Kemp.
    When Autumn comes the people of the locality help one another at the picking of the potatoes. Some help to pick them after the plough and others help to make pits in which they are to be stored.
    Potatoes contain starch and some time ago instead of starch potatoes were used.
    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
    Jocie Dalton
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Grange Upper, Co. Kilkenny