School: Gortlitreach (roll number 15960)
- Location:
- Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0220, Page 120
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- (continued from previous page)comes green stalks up after a while there come blossoms on them. The early potatoes are fit for eating in the month of June. They are moulded in three weeks after they are set. They are dug in October and put in a heap. There are rushes put on them and then they are moulded.
- Hens are very plentiful in this part of the country. They lay eggs and hatches them for three weeks. The shell chips and the chickens comes out. They are kept in a box when small. They(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Betty Higgins
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Farnaght, Co. Leitrim
