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School: Baile na mBreathnach (Welchtown) (roll number 9882)

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Welchtown, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
R. A. Alcorn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1093, Page 089

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    VI Then run there up again. Spray them after that.
    VII
    Digging Potatoes
    Some potatoes are dug in July and some in August. When they are dug, they are put into pits made with a spade and shaped out before the potatoes are put in.
    VIII How are potatoe pits made.
    The pits are made with a spade, and the potatoes are left in them until the beginning of the next year.
    IX Names of Potatoes/
    Kerr's Pinks, Dates, Banners, Suttons, Apiclure's, Arran Victors, Irish Queens and Champions.
    X How to make potato bread.
    First the potatoes are boiled, then they are peeled, and brusied out, and cut into small squares, Then they are put into a frying pan. After that they are eatable.
    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
    Helen Hume
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraghomongan, Co. Donegal