School: Ballyduff (roll number 17097)
- Location:
- Ballyduff Upper, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Mharannáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0927, Page 125
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- (continued from previous page)burst up through the soil, more clay has to be put on them then to keep the sun from burning the potatoes.During the Autumn the potatoes are taken out with a plough, we call it a "spuddler". The potatoes are picked by the men and women and sometimes the children. They are picked into baskets and put into pits. These pits are about six feet long, 3 feet wide and six inches deep. The potatoes are put into these pits and piled up in a great heap, and covered with straw, and then covered with clay.The following are the types of potatoes that grow in this locality:
Duke of York
Epicure
British Queen
Arran Chief
Kerr's Pinks
Champions
Arran Victory
Golden Wonder
Sharpe's Express
