School: Na Tearmoinn (B.) (roll number 8931)

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1. The Potato Crop (continued)

   

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   kinds of potatoes there, namely Arranbanners, Kirrs-Pink, Flounders, and May Queens. The Kirrs-Pink grow best in our district and potatoes are often used as starch.

   

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2. Proverbs

   

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   One bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Many hands make light work. Empty vessels make the most noise. He who grasps too much looses all. A stitch in time saves nine. As busy as a hen at a bag of oats. There is no fire side like your own fire side. As red as a coal of fire.

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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. proverbs (~4,377)
   2. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Culhane

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Tarmon West, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Mrs Lizzie Culhane

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   75

   Address

   Tarmon West, Co. Kerry

3. Proverbs

   “If you will keep a thing for seven years you will find use for it.”

   

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   If you will keep a thing for seven years you will find use for it.

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