School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)
- Location:
- Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0723, Page 246
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- (continued from previous page)dig them with a spade. A few boys (prack) pick them into a bucket and carry them to a pit in the field. Then we cover them with dry straw and clay. The pit is made like this; we dig a hole six inches deep and two feet wide and two perches long. Then we (cover) put the potatoes into it (d) and cover them with dry straw and clay.
- There are potatoes grown in our farm. One acre of land is under potatoes each year. Sometimes there is a good crop and sometimes there is not. My father and the workman prepare the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Clarke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Delvin, Co. Westmeath
