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School: An Clochán (roll number 7777)

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Na Clochánaí, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Liam Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0105, Page 111

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    with the plough. They spray them then. They take a coal out of the Bone Fire and pitch it in their potatoes to keep the blight away. They dig the potatoes in October and November. They plough them out and harrow them They pick them seperate. They pick the big ones for themselves and the small ones the same. They put them in pits. They cover them with scraws, straw and hay, The people made starch out of potatoes long ago.
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    1. gníomhaíochtaí
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    Language
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    Collector
    Bridie Dunleavy
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