School: Teach Mhic Conaill (roll number 15614)
- Location:
- Taghmaconnell, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M. Ó Tuathaig
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- (continued from previous page)They are used as wanted, and a sufficient amount are left for the coming Spring. The small potatoes are picked and are put in a separate pit and are used for the farm
animals.
There are several names given locally to potatoes; Champions, Aran Banners, Kerpinks, Epicures, Garden-fillers, Striped Champions,"Shamrocks". Greys, "Defy the blights"and Sharpe's Express. Potatoes are often locally called "spuds". Kerpinks, Aran Banners and Champions grow best in this district.[Drawing]- Collector
- Mollie Costello
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- Female