School: Ceis (roll number 15342)
- Location:
- Kesh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Hainín
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0186, Page 437
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- (continued from previous page)with shovels do this part of the work.
- The parts of the potatoes having no eyes are called "cull" and are used for feeding pigs and poultry. In this part of the country the land is usually ploughed into ridges. These ridges are the "settled". That means putting the ridges into shape.
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- Collector
- Maureen Benson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowmaclenany, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mrs J. Hogge
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tully, Co. Sligo
