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School: Glenalla (roll number 10744)

Location:
Glenalla, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Maude McCormack
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1086, Page 69

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    taking the blight.
    Some people dig them with spades and others dig them with differs. The children and their mothers pick them. The large ones are gathered and put in pits and the small ones are gathered and put in bags for the farm animals. The large ones are put in pits and covered over with rushes. Then a thick layer of clay is put on top of it to prevent the water from getting in. They are left there until the Month of March.
    Then they are lifted and put into a house. The small ones are called skeedins.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Mc Mahon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glenalla, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Andrew Mc Mahon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    47
    Address
    Glenalla, Co. Donegal