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School: Leatbeg (roll number 16146)

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Leat Beg, Co. Donegal
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Mrs Peoples
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1091, Page 134

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    with digging machines and others dig them with ploughs but we always dig them with spades.
    Then they gathered up and put into pits.
    Pits are long shaped (and) heaps of potatoes. They are built up like a slated roof. Then they are covered with rushes and then clay is put on them.
    Maggie Carr
    Told by my brother Neil Carr Glinsk, Carrigart, Co Donegal
    Age 28 years A farmer.
    Born in Doaghmore.
    Reared in Glinsk.
    Spent his life in Glinsk

    they are covered with rushes and then clay is put on them.
    Maggie Carr
    Told by my brother Neil Carr Glinsk, Carrigart, Co Donegal
    Age 28 years A farmer.
    Born in Doaghmore.
    Reared in Glinsk.
    Spent his life in Glinsk
    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
    Maggie Carr
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glinsk, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Neil Carr
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    28
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Glinsk, Co. Donegal