School: Dún Amhlaidh (roll number 14614)
- Location:
- Dunowla, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Gleadhra Ní Fhiachraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0167, Page 0526
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- (continued from previous page)blight away because the blight will burn the stalks and sometimes might harm the potatoes. A plough is used to make the drills and ridges. The spades are bought in the shops and the shape of a local spade is as below:- Sometimes the people help one another and others pay people to work for them. The name of some of the local potatoes sown are as follows:- Aran Victors, Aran Bannans, Ken Pinks, English Queens, Irish Queens, Scotch Greys, Flounders, Ninety Fold, Up to Dates and Epicures.
- Some of the local proverbs are.
"A stitch in time saves nine"
"Its an ill wind that blows nobody goes"
"When it rains it pours"
"A rolling stone gathers no moss"
"Make hay while the sun shines"
"Where there's a will there's a way"
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"
"There is as good a fish in the sea as ever was caught"(continues on next page) - Collector
- Ada Nic Uait
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doonbeakin, Co. Sligo
