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School: Carnamoyle (roll number 7344)

Location:
Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Hugh McKee Fleck
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1114, Page 13

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    with an iron plough. Wooden ploughs were always used long ago, but there are none of them left. The spades are all bought in the shop, none of them are made locally. After the potatoes are planted they are hoed and then moulded. The next thing is the digging. They are dug with a digger, the people gather them in boxes every two father together and they put them in pits. The names of some of the potatoes are Epicures, Ruby Queens, Arran Banners, Suttons and Irish Queens. The kind of potatoes that grow best around this district are Aran Banners.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Mc Ivor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Patrick Canning
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Soppog, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Canning
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    38
    Address
    Soppog, Co. Donegal