School: Kilcullen (B.)
- Location:
- Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776D, Page 19_018
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- (continued from previous page)Potatoes are never sprayed in this area as the ground does not contain any disease. They are dug in late June and early July and are then out in a pit.
Medium sized potatoes are said to be the best for eating.
- I have often heard people saying:- "That lad is surely a son of his father." It is said when a lad acts the same as his father. People often say "Don't hurry, the day is long" but there is an answer:- " As long as the day is the night comes."
"Curiousty killed the cat, and information made her fat" is said(continues on next page) - Collector
- Maithiú Ó Ceallaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
