School: Eslin (roll number 10026)
- Location:
- Eslinbridge, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pilib Mac Aonghusa
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- Long ago the people always kept their potatoes on the loaft over the fire. In all the kitchen houses that time, there was always a loaft - much like a ceiling in shake, but not so close to the rafters, so that you could keep things on them. And you were also able to get up on the loafts for anything you would want off them. The old people always put their potatoes on them.
When they would draw them off the bags they pople always put them in barns now, or have houses for them, but that time they did not think that was good enough.
They also thought the potatoes would be bad for eating if they were not what the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pilib Mac Aonghusa
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Tom Casey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Oghill, Co. Leitrim
