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School: Redwood (roll number 11912)

Location:
Redwood, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máighréad Nic Chormaic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0530, Page 230

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    Potatoes are given to pigs, and are regarded as great fattening foods.
    Some people have the custom still of making Potato Cakes, for the tea, with the potatoes left over after the dinner but this treat - as it is now regarded is almost dead out.
    Collected by the chi[?] from their parents'
    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)
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    English