School: Cill a' Ghaimhrín (Killgevrin) (roll number 12002)

Location:
Kilgevrin, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Proinsíos P. Ó Doláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0042, Page 0406

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    and soda together. When it would be made they used to bake it in an oven.
    White flowers usually come on the gases of the potatoes. The old people call them (bláth bán. The remains of the potatoes that are left over after the slits are cut are called liatháns. Some people call the slits in Irish (scilleóga). Potatoes are used for a stone bruise. They peel the skin of the potatoes and then bruise them up and then put it on the sore foot and it will cure it. People usually dig the first potatoes on Garland Sunday that is the last Sunday in July. After that Sunday the people dig potatoes every day. When the people dig potatoes they pick the small ones and put them in a hole for themselves and do the same thing to
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Stephen Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Tonmoyle, Co. Galway