School: Currans (C.) (roll number 4460)
- Location:
- Currans, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Nóra, Bean Uí Bhraoin
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- (continued from previous page)(3.) Also are wed by hand.In Autumn the potatoes are dug. The potato are put into a pit about a foot deep and are covered with rushes and briars.There are different kinds of potatoes such as : - Arann Banners, Blues, Kerspinks, Champions and Flounders.The Champions are the best for the table and Flounders are the new or early potatoes.
- An old ivy clad ruin is to be seen at Ardcrome. It was once a monastery and from it Ardcrome got its name the hill of the Rosary". About three hundred years ago Mass(continues on next page)
