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School: Brosna (C.) (roll number 13019)

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Brosna, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhúnaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0449, Page 489

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    attention until Autumn when the potatoes are lifted or dug and stored The crop is lifted either with a plough or spade. I have made a drawing of the spade that is used locally.
    The potatoes are stored in pits out of doors covered with straw and walls of earth and in this manner they are protected from bad weather.
    Potatoes are now being converted to many uses, besides food. Starch is made from them, after industrial alcohol, and already many experiments have been made to produce from potatoes a cheaper fuel than petrol for use in motor vehicles.
    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
    Síghle Lane
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Lane
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    47
    Address
    Carrigeen, Co. Kerry