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School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)

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Drumlease, Co. Leitrim
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Tomás Diolún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0201, Page 183

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    The stalks are sprayed with blue stone and washing soda when they about a foot high. This is done to prevent "blight". When the potatoes are fit for digging the farmer gathers about six men and when they have them dug they cart then up to the house and heap them. They are then thatched with rushes and covered with clay to keep the frost and snow from rotting them. There are various names on the potatoes such as, keer pinks, champions, dates, arranvictors, queens, and epicures. The kerr pinks are very good potatoes and the champions are small but good for eating. A date is a long potato which is
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Fowley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bawn, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Fowley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bawn, Co. Leitrim