School: Clonmellon (B.) (roll number 9500)
- Location:
- Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Droighneáin
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - We have no land except a small garden about half a rood. We sow the whole garden with potatoes. We sow the potatoes in ridges. My father plants the garden and he uses a bought spade. He cuts the potatoes in half with an eye in each half. We weed and mound the garden every year and spray the potatoes before we dig them. We dig them according as we need them. We sow Kerr's - pinks, Hiberians, Epicures, and Irish Queens. Kerr's Pinks produce the best crop in this district. Long ago the people used to make starch out of potatoes. I do not know how it was made.
