School: Leac Snámha (B.) (roll number 10957)

Location:
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Dáithí. B. Ó Duilleáin
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    withered, generally in about the month of October, they are pulled off the drills. After this the potatoes are fit for digging. We dig our potatoes with the potato-digger. The potato-digger is drawn by two or three horses and digs one drill at the time. There are eight prongs in our digger and when it is put in gear these revolve and scatter the potatoes out about four feet from the drill. The potatoes of each drill must then be picked up before the next one is dug. When all the potatoes are dug they are carted away and made up in a pit in the garden. The pit is made about four feet wide and about four feet high. It is covered with straw or rushes and is bound with ropes and the potatoes are left in it during the Winter.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Mc Elligott
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cunnagare, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Maurice Shanahan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Liscullane, Co. Kerry