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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 293

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    between them.
    The way the potatoes are put in pits: they are gathered up on other in a long line and covered with rushes and clay. When you put potatoes in a house you must not leave them packed up on other because they would rot. Potatoes would do better at the back of some ditch where the air would get at them than to be in a close house.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    John Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan