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School: Ballycastle Boys' (roll number 14290)

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Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0140, Page 104

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  1. A Potato Crop (continued)

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    When any neighbours needs help sowing potatoes it is always given to him.
    When the stalks come up they have to be sprayed three times. We then dig the potatoes in Autumn, and my brother and myself pick them. When we have the potatoes picked we stow them away in a pit. We make a long heap of the potatoes on the ground. Then we cover the potatoes with rushes. When we have the potatoes covered with the rushes we throw clay on top of them and clamp the clay down with a spade to make the pit water-tight
    There are different kind of potatoes. The Kerr pinks the Arran banner
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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
    Joe Corcoran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Corcoran
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    42
    Address
    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo