School: Ballybay (Hall St.) (roll number 12378)
- Location:
- Ballybay, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: C. Ó Maonaigh
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- (continued from previous page)and reaping the crop. In the summer the potato crop is howed and moulded twice. In July it is sprayed. When the potatoes are dug they are put into pits and rushes are put over them. A few days later they are covered with clay. The types which grow in the district are Kerr's pinks and Banners.
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- Collector
- Harry Fuller
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballybay, Co. Monaghan