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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

Location:
Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 563

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    the ridges and drills are made with a plough or a drillar and they sow in the potatoes there. The local people help one another in sowing in the potatoes. They spray, weed, and moul them in summer months.
    In autumn they dig the potatoes and the children pick them and put them into pits. The local names given to the varios kind of potatoes are champions, kerry pinks, Aran banners, Pink eyes flounders, up to dates epicures, Golden wonders, Queens German, Botherthehunger.
    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
    Julia Rattigan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meelick, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Hugh Rattigan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Meelick, Co. Mayo