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School: Tairbeart (C.)

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Tarbert, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chonaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0404, Page 103

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    sown with wheat, and in other cases it is reserved for another crop in the succeeding year.
    People help each other by lending horses and lending men, pickers or machinery.
    The men buy spades and handles and get some one to put the handle on the spade, or sometimes the spade is bought in the village with the handle on. Every county has a spade. What the west Limerick man would buy, the east Limerick man would not buy, nor the Kerry or Clare or Cork men would not buy it. This is because of the different ground.
    Long ago potatoes were often used instead of starch.
    The local names of the
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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