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School: Ballyglass (roll number 14642)

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Ballyglass West, Co. Galway
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036D, Page 02_007

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    winter.
    There are various kinds of potatoes we sow in our district and these are their names. Champyons Kerkinks Aran Banners British Queens and Golden Wonders The Aran Banners grow best with us.
    The potatoes were used in for making starch long ago and this is how they make it They get a piece of tin and about ten potatoes and a can They scape the potatoes into the can They get a piece of cloth and they put the scraped thing into
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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
    Collector
    Michael Holland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fiddaun, Co. Galway