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School: Tairbeart (C.)

Location:
Tarbert, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chonaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0404, Page 101

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    required per acre and are cut in such a way as to insure three or four "eyes" in each seed. When cut they are dusted over with fine lime to dry them, and are planted as soon as possible. A change of seed is always beneficial, and it pays even to get them from England or Scotland.
    Artificial manure as well as dung is used for manuring. Potatoes are not fit to lift until the skin is gone from the tender stage. The ordinary course is to plough with the plough made for the purpose.
    The potatoes are picked by people from 14 to 50 years, and then put into carts and removed to the place of storage. They are sorted according to size and diseased ones
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    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
    Philomena Mc Namara
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballygoghlan, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    James Mc Namara
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Ballygoghlan, Co. Limerick