School: Easgéiphtine (C.) (roll number 2040)
- Location:
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Mhic Eoin
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- (continued from previous page)are re-earthed or heaped. The potato garden has to be wed occasionally.
Spades are not made locally they are purchased in shops and stores. All neighbours help each other and so the time is spent joyfully and the work is done more quickly. The potatoes are taken from the ground in Autumn. The farmer splits the drill with the plough, and men, women and even children enjoy picking the good potatoes into one pitt and the small and black potatoes into another. Potatoes are always stored in pitts.
First a furrow about nine inches or a foot deep is dug. The potatoes are emptied into it and tressed up until the pitt is about 2' high. The potatoes are then covered with sods and an outer cover of rushes.
The most common names of potatoes in this district are as follows.Kerr pinks
Shamrocks
Epicures
Golden Wonders
British queens
Irish queens
Irish chieftains
Land Leaguers
Champions
Burst-the-drills
Arran Banners
Arran Consols
Arran Victors
Skerry Champions
Scottish Triumphs(continues on next page)
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- Pupils of Askeaton G. N. S.
