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School: Twomilehouse (roll number 2284)

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Twomilehouse, Co. Kildare
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Tomás Bineidh
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    20th June 1938
    Saving the potatoes
    We generally dig out the potatoes with a fork, in the month of October.
    When they are all dug out we leave them for about two hours to dry. Then we pick all the big potatoes and put them in a pit.
    First we cover them with straw, and outside the straw we put clay.
    Then we pick all the small potatoes which are called poreens, put them in sacks, and bring them home for the fowl and pigs.
    After about two months we take them out of the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Curran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Johnstown or Dunshane, Co. Kildare