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School: Glassalts (roll number 1239)

Location:
Glasalt or Treanfasy, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. P. Ó Dochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1116, Page 162

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    into the potato-house. The pits are lifted in Spring for seed. Some of the potatoes are lifted before Spring (f) and put into boxes for early seed. Aplicues are usually set for early seed. Some of the farmers who have good crops of potatoes sell them in the market In olden times the people used to make starch from potatoes. They first washed them and peeled them Then they grated them and washed them and poured boiling water on them. Then when they were dried they were as white as starch and very fine.
    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
    Mary Josephine Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Craignahorna, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Neal Doherty
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Craignahorna, Co. Donegal