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School: Béal na Bláth, Maghcromtha (roll number 12458)

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Bealnablath, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0340, Page 259

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    The banners are the best crop, but the price is not very good.
    The Kerr's Pink is the best for table use. In this age any people do not make starch from the potato. That trade has died out now. People living in small houses that have only about an acre of ground altogether, do all the preparing for the potato themselves.
    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
    Helen Lennihan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Laghtneill, Co. Cork