School: Crowenstown
- Location:
- Crowinstown Little, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: M. Ní Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0724, Page 240
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- (continued from previous page)and lines it with hay. He put the potatoes in it, and covers them with hay.and thatches the raised portion with straw and clay.The local names given to potatoes are. "Kerr's Pinks,"Irish Queens." "British Queens," "Champions" and "Shamrocks" Kerr's Pinks grow best in my district Potatoes were never used instead of.starch.
- Potatoes are grown in my Granny's garden. She plants about half an acre of potatoes every year.
Uncle Tom digs the ground with a spade, and breaks the lumps, the he opens the drills with the spade and spreads the manure in the furrows, then he drops the potatoes leaving about twelve inches between every potato.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Dick Gaynor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clonmaskill, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mrs Gaynor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinn, Co. Westmeath
