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School: Granard (2) (roll number 14883)

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Granard, Co. Longford
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Úna, Bean Éaléod
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 168

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    potatoes in lofts and in pits in the ground.
    When people are putting them into pits they group them up in the form of a roof of a house and cover them with straw or rushes or chaff.
    Then clay is put up on them to keep out the slugs and the weather.
    The various kinds of potatoes are dimmers and Poreen. Aran Banners grow best in the ground.
    Long ago potatoes were used to make starch. First they were grated and pealed and squeezed and the water that came out of the mash was left to settle and then the water that was on the top was thrown away and the starch was left in the bottom then boiling water was put in it and the starch was made.
    I got his information from
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Daniel Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Killeen, Co. Longford