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School: Kilrush (roll number 14039)

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Ballynaberney, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
C. E. Kidd
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    The taking out of the potatoes
    When we are taking out the potatoes we hire extra help. We nearly always take them out with a potato digger. This makes the picking easy because it leaves no potatoes in the sods. Two good horses are well able to pull the digger, but it is called "the horse killer." Other people take them out with the double plough.
    This plough splits the drills in two and it leaves a lot of sods to be shaken. Here are some of the potatoes we sow Arran Banners, Up-to-Dates, British Queens and Kerry Blues. We generally take them out in October
    Robert Masterson,
    Tomanoole,
    Ballycarney,
    Ferns
    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
    Collector
    Robert Rasterson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tomanoole, Co. Wexford