School: An Chúil Árd (C.) (roll number 12588)

Location:
Coolard, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire Ní Liaghain
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  1. It is usually in the middle of Autumn that the potatoes are dug.
    On the day my father is digging the potatoes a great meitheal come to help him.
    Some of the neighbours help him by giving him horses and other things that he would want.
    When the neighbours arrive at our house everyone of them has breakfast and then gets
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Hanrahan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Hanrahan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Inch East, Co. Kerry