School: Caladh (B.) (roll number 11920)
- Location:
- Callow, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126F, Page 02_027
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- Long ago, there were no potatoes in this country. A man called Sir Walter Raleigh went over to America and he got the stalk growing in the fields and he brought it home with him. He set it in his own garden and ever since that time there were potatoes in Ireland.
The old people used to make potato-cakes(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Joseph Mc Nulty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cuillonaghtan, Co. Mayo
