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School: Sliabh na Cille (roll number 14513)

Location:
Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 440

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 440

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  1. Heaping the Potatoes (continued)

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    for hens.
    The local names given to the various kinds of potatoes are Aran Banners, Kerrpinks, Blue Eyes, Champions, Epicures, Flounders and Dates. Champions and Kerrpinks grow best in this district.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Potatoes as Starch

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    Potatoes were often used instead of starch. The potatoes are grated and the water that is left over when the grated potatoes are wrung in a cloth is allowed to settle at the bottom of a vessel. A kind of starch forms on the bottom of the vessel. The younger the potatoes the more starch they will yield.
    (Cáit Nic Réill, pupil in the Slievenakilla National School, parish of Ballinaglera, Co. Leitrim.)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáit Nic Réill
    Gender
    Female