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1. The Potato Crop (continued)

   

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   The potatoes must be weeded before the stalks get too big, and then they are sprayed. When the digging comes the farmer gets a big "meitheal" and this shortens the work to a week or so. Some of the younger crowd pick them. The best potatoes are the Kerr Pinks and Champions.
   The potatoes are stored in heaps and covered with clay.

   

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2. Buying and Selling

   

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   In olden times shops were very few. People had to go two or three miles to the nearest shop and that was only a small thatched house just like any poor country house at the present time. The people used to buy little commodities

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trade
            1. buying and selling (~3,622)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Cronin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballyglass, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Bean Uí Clabhre

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   67

   Occupation

   Bean feirmeora

   Address

   Tully, Co. Roscommon