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School: Sraithín (roll number 12808)

Location:
Sraheen, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Croidhean
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    Golden Wonders. When we are digging the potatoes we make holes in the fields and put them into the holes. We put scraws or rushes on the potatoes so that the clay will not get in among the potatoes or if it did the potatoes would start growing in the holes. We turn them four or five times during the year or if we didn't the potatoes would grow. Later on in the year we bring them home to the garden. My mother makes Starch out of the potatoes. Sometimes my mother makes a cake of boxty out of potatoes and flour.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Coleman
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Sraheen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Coleman
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Sraheen, Co. Mayo