School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)
- Location:
- Killacrim, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 08_002
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- We have potatoes growing at home. We usually set half an acre. We usually set them in drills or ridges. Spades are not made locally, they are bought in the shops. When we are setting the potatoes we cut them in small pieces which we call sgiolans. When the potato stalks appear over the ground they "rise to" them. The names of the potatoes are Arran Banners, Ker Pinks, Arran Victors, Irish Queens, British Queens and Early Rose. The potatoes are dug in September. They open the drills with a plough. Then the people of the house go to the garden and pick them. Then they draw them with buckets and make a big pit(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cáit Ní Mhathghamhna
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Mahony
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ennismore, Co. Kerry
