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School: St Brigid's Convent, Mountrath (roll number 13343)

Location:
Mountrath, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Sr. Aquinas
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0834, Page 165

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    away the blight.
    When the plants are quite withered in October the potatoes are dug out with a potato digger or spade. The neighbours assist each other to do this. They are picked and placed in a pit of clay, in a shady part of the farm. To make a pit the earth is sunk about twelve inches deep and thirty six inches wide. The potatoes are then piled up and covered with clay about four inches deep. Old housekeepers made starch with grated potatoes boiled. "Golden Wonder" is a good table potato. "American Rose" and "Sharp's Express" are popular garden potatoes.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patsy Mooney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mountrath, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mrs Ellen Mooney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mountrath, Co. Laois