School: Clochar Lughaidh, Coillte Mághach

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Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 216

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    grape fork and the children pick them in a bucket and bring them to a "hole" which is made in the field for them, and when this is finished, it is covered with clay, rushes and old withered stalks.
    There are many kinds of potatoes sown in the district, the most most common being Kerry Pinks, Champions, Aran Barrans, and Golden Wonders.
    Sometimes clay is put on the stalks when it is too wet for spraying, and also in frosty weather to prevent the stalks from being burned.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cella Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Treanfohanaun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Miss Corcoran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinaff, Co. Mayo